minix/include/arch/i386/include/vmparam.h
Ben Gras 040362e379 exec() cleanup, generalization, improvement
. make exec() callers (i.e. vfs and rs) determine the
	  memory layout by explicitly reserving regions using
	  mmap() calls on behalf of the exec()ing process,
	  i.e. handling all of the exec logic, thereby eliminating
	  all special exec() knowledge from VM.
	. the new procedure is: clear the exec()ing process
	  first, then call third-party mmap()s to reserve memory, then
	  copy the executable file section contents in, all using callbacks
	  tailored to the caller's way of starting an executable
	. i.e. no more explicit EXEC_NEWMEM-style calls in PM or VM
	  as with rigid 2-section arguments
	. this naturally allows generalizing exec() by simply loading
	  all ELF sections
	. drop/merge of lots of duplicate exec() code into libexec
	. not copying the code sections to vfs and into the executable
	  again is a measurable performance improvement (about 3.3% faster
	  for 'make' in src/servers/)
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/* $NetBSD: vmparam.h,v 1.72 2010/11/14 13:33:21 uebayasi Exp $ */
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* @(#)vmparam.h 5.9 (Berkeley) 5/12/91
*/
#ifndef _I386_VMPARAM_H_
#define _I386_VMPARAM_H_
/*
* Machine dependent constants for 386.
*/
/*
* Page size on the IA-32 is not variable in the traditional sense.
* We override the PAGE_* definitions to compile-time constants.
*/
#define PAGE_SHIFT 12
#define PAGE_SIZE (1 << PAGE_SHIFT)
#define PAGE_MASK (PAGE_SIZE - 1)
/* As visible from the user space process, where is the top of the
* stack (first non-stack byte), when in paged mode?
*/
#define VM_STACKTOP 0x80000000
#endif /* _I386_VMPARAM_H_ */