Module rstubs::arch::int

Interrupt handling for x86.

This module contains abstractions for configuring the programmable interrupt controllers:

• The legacy pic provides backward capabilities. On modern OSs, it is not used anymore and must be disabled when using the modern APICs.
• The modern “advanced” ioapic and lapic controllers are more capable but also more difficult to configure. The former (IOAPIC) is shared between all cores and the latter (LAPIC) exists for each core.

These interrupt controllers are configured together with the interrupt descriptor table (idt), which is used to define the interrupt-handler functions that are executed for a given interrupt vector.

Overview

The ASCII art below show the way a keyboard interrupt has to undergo to reach the CPU and the configured interrupt service routine on x86.

  +- Keyboard
  |
+-o------+
| IOAPIC | <- Redirection Table (Device -> Vector)
+---o----+
    |
----oo-----... Interrupt Bus
     |
+----o----+
| LAPIC 0 | <- EOI, Timer, IPI, ...
+----o----+
     |
 +---o---+
 | CPU 0 |
 | - RIDT+---> IDT[Vector] => ISR
 +-------+

Modules

• apic
  Configuring the APIC system.
• idt
  Provides types for the Interrupt Descriptor Table and its entries.
• ioapic
  Abstraction of the I/O APIC that is used for management of external interrupts.
• lapic
  Abstractions for the local APIC for timers, IPI and internal interrupt
• pic
  Configure legacy PIC 8259

Functions

• enable
  Enable interrupts.
• enabled
  Return if interrupts are currently enabled.
• idle
  Enable interrupts and halt execution.
• suppress
  Suppresses interrupts during the execution of f and restore the previous status afterwards.