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Use `unwinding` crate for unwinding on Xous platform
This patch adds support for using [unwinding](https://github.com/nbdd0121/unwinding) on platforms where libunwinding isn't viable. An example of such a platform is `riscv32imac-unknown-xous-elf`.
### Background
The Rust project maintains a fork of llvm at [llvm-project](https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project/) where it applies patches on top of the llvm project. This mostly seems to be to get unwinding support for the SGX project, and there may be other patches that I'm unaware of.
There is a lot of machinery in the build system to support compiling `libunwind` on other platforms, and I needed to add additional patches to llvm in order to add support for Xous.
Rather than continuing down this path, it seemed much easier to use a Rust-based library. The `unwinding` crate by `@nbdd0121` fits this description perfectly.
### Future work
This could potentially replace the custom patches for `libunwind` on other platforms such as SGX, and could enable unwinding support on many more exotic platforms.
### Anti-goals
This is not designed to replace `libunwind` on tier-one platforms or those where unwinding support already exists. There is already a well-established approach for unwinding there. Instead, this aims to enable unwinding on new platforms where C++ code may be difficult to compile.
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The main() function takes an argument that contains the eh_frame
address. Implement `unwinding` support by looking for unwinding data at
this address.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add support for Condvar, Mutex, and RWLock. These are all backed by the
ticktimer server.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add an implementation of thread local storage. This uses a container
that is pointed to by the otherwise-unsed `$tp` register. This container
is allocated on-demand, so threads that use no TLS will not allocate
this extra memory.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add initial support for threads on Xous. This includes thread creation
and joining.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add support for determining the current time. This connects to the
ticktimer server in order to get the system uptime.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add support for stdout. This enables basic console printing via
`println!()`. Output is written to the log server.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Basic alloc support on Xous is supported by the `dlmalloc` crate. This
necessitates bumping the dlmalloc version to 0.2.4.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add the basics to get the operating system running, including how to
exit the operating system.
Since Xous has no libc, there is no default entrypoint. Add a `_start`
entrypoint to the system-specific os module.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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Add the `xous` target to libstd. Currently this defers everything to the
`unsupported` target.
Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
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