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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Jakub Jermar
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 */

/** @addtogroup main
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @file
 * @brief   Userspace bootstrap thread.
 *
 * This file contains uinit kernel thread wich is used to start every
 * userspace thread including threads created by SYS_THREAD_CREATE syscall.
 *
 * @see SYS_THREAD_CREATE
 */
 
#include <main/uinit.h>
#include <arch/types.h>
#include <proc/thread.h>
#include <userspace.h>
#include <mm/slab.h>
#include <arch.h>

/** Thread used to bring up userspace thread.
 *
 * @param arg Pointer to structure containing userspace entry and stack
 *     addresses.
 */
void uinit(void *arg)
{
    uspace_arg_t uarg;

    /*
     * So far, we don't have a use for joining userspace threads so we
     * immediately detach each uinit thread. If joining of userspace threads
     * is required, some userspace API based on the kernel mechanism will
     * have to be implemented. Moreover, garbage collecting of threads that
     * didn't detach themselves and nobody else joined them will have to be
     * deployed for the event of forceful task termination.
     */
    thread_detach(THREAD);
    
    uarg.uspace_entry = ((uspace_arg_t *) arg)->uspace_entry;
    uarg.uspace_stack = ((uspace_arg_t *) arg)->uspace_stack;
    uarg.uspace_uarg = ((uspace_arg_t *) arg)->uspace_uarg;
    uarg.uspace_thread_function = NULL;
    uarg.uspace_thread_arg = NULL;

    free((uspace_arg_t *) arg);
    userspace(&uarg);
}

/** @}
 */