fix instruction synchronization bug on a real RISC-V processor #5
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RISC-V does not guarantee that a stored instruction can be seen by the
subsequent instruction fetches. This is a case of loading user
programs in an operating system. The original kernel can run on QEMU.
But to run on a real RISC-V processor, we should use FENCE.I to let
subsequent instruction fetches see the stored instructions.
Fork() will also copy pages containing instructions. We should add a
FENCE.I before uvmcopy() returns.
NOTE: The current solution only works for a single-processor system.
According to the RISC-V manual, for a multiprocess system, we should
see the copied code
instruction stream see the copied code