PSIONICS FILE - KERNEL
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Kernel memory organisation
Last modified 1994-09-16
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Kernel memory can be examined with the system call GenGetOsData, or in blocks
of assembler with the system call GenDataSegment. Some useful information is
available at known offsets. In addition, a handle is actually the offset, in
kernel memory, of the start of a data structure, which can therefore also be
examined.


Constant offsets
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Offset 1052 (word): increments every 1/32 second, but is not synchronized
                    to the real time clock (it drifts)
Offset 1056 (word): delay in 1/32 seconds until current time next changes
Offset 1058 (long): current abstime


Data structures
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The bottom 12 bits of a process ID are actually the address of the process's
control block. This has the following format:

  Offset  0 (word): pointer to next process in the same queue
  Offset  2 (word): pointer to previous process in the same queue
  Offset  4 (word): @@ queKey
  Offset  6 (word): @@ queData
  Offset  8 (byte): @@ deltaType
  Offset  9 (byte): @@ addressTrap
  Offset 10 (byte): process status:
      1 = running (there is only one running process)
      2 = ready to run
      3 = waiting for a timer to expire
      4 = suspended
      5 = waiting for a semaphore
    255 = entry not in use
  Offset 11 (byte): non-zero if the process is to be suspended
  Offset 12 (byte): @@ priority
  Offset 13 (byte): @@ priorityH
  Offset 14 (byte): zero if executing ROM code, non-zero if executing RAM code
  Offset 15 (byte): zero for processes, non-zero for sub-tasks
  Offset 16 (cstr): process name
  Offset 29 (byte): zero if non-active, non-zero if active
  Offset 30 (word): handle of the semaphore of the process
  Offset 32 (word): @@ *semHead
  Offset 34 (word): address of the start of the heap
  Offset 36 (word): amount to grow heap by, in 16 byte units
  Offset 38 (word): address of the message control block (0 if none set up)
  Offset 40 (word): minimum heap size, in 16 byte units
  Offset 42 (word): file server's handle for the process (0 if not using files)
  Offset 44 (word): handle of the process's data segment (used for DS and SS)
  Offset 46 (word): handle of the process's code segment (used for CS)
  Offset 48 (word): @@ *saveSP
  Offset 50 (word): @@ *saveBP
  Offset 52 (byte): 0 = unattended, 1 = notify
  Offset 53 (byte): non-zero if waiting for the sound semaphore
  Offset 54 (word): top 4 bits of the process ID @@ in which bits ?
  Offset 56 (word): checksum of code
  Offset 58 (word): ProcOnTerminate message type

One queue (offsets 0 and 2) is maintained for ready processes, in priority
order, one for processes waiting for a timer, in timer order, and one for
each semaphore.

The checksum (offset 56) is used to determine whether two programs of the same
name are running the same code, which can then be shared between them.