xref: /xv6-public/BUGS (revision 71d1122a)
1index:
2	SEG_NULL, SEG_ASM not in the index
3
4mmu.h:
5	funny \ alignment in mmu.h
6
7main.c:
8	should use static int bcpu to avoid having live
9	stack variable across the asm volatile that
10	changes %esp and %ebp.
11
12	cpus[0] -> cpus[bcpu]
13
14init.c:
15	should while(wait() >= 0);
16	not just wait();
17
18proc.c:
19	comment at top of scheduler() should say
20		via longjmp back to the scheduler
21	not
22		via longjmp back to the top of scheduler
23
24	sched should panic if state == RUNNING.
25
26	forkret comment should say "Return" not "return"
27
28	as a consequence of the implementation of proc_kill,
29	any loop calling sleep should check for p->killed
30	and be able to break out with an error return.
31
32	can swap procdump up after proc_kill
33	and then have proc_exit and proc_wait on same sheet
34
35	proc_exit should wake up proc[1] if any
36	reparenting was done.
37
38	sched ->  switch2scheduler?  or just switch?
39
40	factor out switching and scheduling code from process code
41
42trap.c
43	if spin locks are ever held without cli,
44	trap should call yield() only if nlock == 0
45
46main.c, proc.c, trap.c:
47	use a constant for 3 (USER).
48
49ide.c: synchronous disk write -> polling disk write.  search for
50       (a)synchronous; xv6 doesn't have asynchronous writes.
51
52fs.c: split all name operations off in name.c?  (starting with namei but move
53      wdir keep in fs.c)
54
55      unlink . and .. should be disallowed
56
57ls.c: apply tim's patch
58
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