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exception.cc

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// exception.cc 
//      Entry point into the Nachos kernel from user programs.
//      There are two kinds of things that can cause control to
//      transfer back to here from user code:
//
//      syscall -- The user code explicitly requests to call a procedure
//      in the Nachos kernel.  Right now, the only function we support is
//      "Halt".
//
//      exceptions -- The user code does something that the CPU can't handle.
//      For instance, accessing memory that doesn't exist, arithmetic errors,
//      etc.  
//
//      Interrupts (which can also cause control to transfer from user
//      code into the Nachos kernel) are handled elsewhere.
//
// For now, this only handles the Halt() system call.
// Everything else core dumps.
//
// Copyright (c) 1992-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
// All rights reserved.  See copyright.h for copyright notice and limitation 
// of liability and disclaimer of warranty provisions.

#include "copyright.h"
#include "system.h"
#include "syscall.h"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// ExceptionHandler
//      Entry point into the Nachos kernel.  Called when a user program
//      is executing, and either does a syscall, or generates an addressing
//      or arithmetic exception.
//
//      For system calls, the following is the calling convention:
//
//      system call code -- r2
//              arg1 -- r4
//              arg2 -- r5
//              arg3 -- r6
//              arg4 -- r7
//
//      The result of the system call, if any, must be put back into r2. 
//
// And don't forget to increment the pc before returning. (Or else you'll
// loop making the same system call forever!
//
//      "which" is the kind of exception.  The list of possible exceptions 
//      are in machine.h.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------

void
ExceptionHandler(ExceptionType which)
{
    int type = machine->ReadRegister(2);

    if ((which == SyscallException) && (type == SC_Halt)) {
        DEBUG('a', "Shutdown, initiated by user program.\n");
        interrupt->Halt();
    } else {
        printf("Unexpected user mode exception %d %d\n", which, type);
        ASSERT(FALSE);
    }
}

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