Kernel API

Kernel API Reference

Internal kernel functions and interfaces.

Memory Management

Physical Memory

// Initialize physical memory allocator
void phys_init(uint64_t total_mem, const void *usable_regions, size_t region_count);

// Allocate physical page (4KB)
void* phys_alloc_page(void);

// Allocate multiple contiguous pages
void* phys_alloc_pages(size_t count);

// Free physical page
void phys_free_page(void* addr);

// Free multiple pages
void phys_free_pages(void* addr, size_t count);

// Get memory statistics
uint64_t phys_get_total_memory(void);
uint64_t phys_get_used_memory(void);
uint64_t phys_get_free_memory(void);

Virtual Memory

// Initialize paging
void paging_init(void);

// Map virtual address to physical
int paging_map_page(uint64_t virt_addr, uint64_t phys_addr, uint64_t flags);

// Unmap virtual address
void paging_unmap_page(uint64_t virt_addr);

// Get physical address from virtual
uint64_t paging_get_physical(uint64_t virt_addr);

// Identity map memory regions
void early_identity_map(void);
void early_identity_map_all(void);

Kernel Heap

// Allocate memory
void* kmalloc(size_t size);

// Allocate aligned memory
void* kmalloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment);

// Allocate zero-initialized memory
void* kzalloc(size_t size);

// Free memory
void kfree(void* ptr);

// Print heap statistics
void kheap_stats(void);

Process Management

// Initialize process system
void process_init(void);

// Create process
process_t* process_create(const char *name, void (*entry)(void), int priority);
process_t* process_create_with_args(const char *name, void (*entry)(void), int priority, int argc, char **argv);

// Process control
void process_exit(int exit_code);
void process_kill(uint32_t pid);
void process_yield(void);
void process_sleep(uint64_t milliseconds);
void process_wake(uint32_t pid);

// Process queries
process_t* process_get_current(void);
process_t* process_get_by_pid(uint32_t pid);

File System

// Initialize VFS
void fs_init(void);

// Mount operations
int fs_mount_drive(int drive_index, uint32_t partition_lba, fs_type_t type);
int fs_unmount_slot(int slot);
fs_mount_t* fs_get_mount(int slot);

// File operations
int fs_read_file(fs_mount_t* mount, const char* path, void* buffer, size_t buffer_size, size_t* bytes_read);
int fs_stat(fs_mount_t* mount, const char* path, fs_file_info_t* info);
int fs_file_exists(fs_mount_t* mount, const char* path);

// Directory operations
int fs_list_directory(fs_mount_t* mount, const char* path);
int fs_directory_exists(fs_mount_t* mount, const char* path);

Interrupt Handling

// Initialize IDT
void idt_init(void);

// Set IDT gate
void idt_set_gate(int num, void* handler, uint16_t selector, uint8_t flags);

// Initialize PIC
void pic_init(void);

// Send End of Interrupt
void pic_send_eoi(int irq);

// IRQ management
void irq_init(void);
void irq_register_handler(int irq, irq_handler_t handler);

// Timer
void pit_init(uint32_t frequency);

Next Steps

• Syscall Reference - User-space API
• Driver API - Driver development
• Filesystem API - FS driver interface