nachos.security
Class Privilege

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class Privilege

extends Object

A capability that allows privileged access to the Nachos machine.

Some privileged operations are guarded by the Nachos security manager:

1. creating threads
2. writing/deleting files in the test directory
3. exit with specific status code

These operations can only be performed through doPrivileged().

Some privileged operations require a capability:

1. scheduling interrupts
2. advancing the simulated time
3. accessing machine statistics
4. installing a console
5. flushing the simulated processor's pipeline
6. approving TCB operations

These operations can be directly performed using a Privilege object.

The Nachos kernel should never be able to directly perform any of these privileged operations. If you have discovered a loophole somewhere, notify someone.

Inner Class Summary

static interface	Privilege.InterruptPrivilege An interface that provides access to some private Interrupt methods.
static interface	Privilege.MachinePrivilege An interface that provides access to some private Machine methods.
static interface	Privilege.ProcessorPrivilege An interface that provides access to some private Processor methods.
static interface	Privilege.TCBPrivilege An interface that provides access to some private TCB methods.

Field Summary

Privilege.InterruptPrivilege	interrupt Provides access to some private Interrupt methods.
Privilege.MachinePrivilege	machine Provides access to some private Machine methods.
Privilege.ProcessorPrivilege	processor Provides access to some private Processor methods.
Stats	stats Nachos runtime statistics.
Privilege.TCBPrivilege	tcb Provides access to some private TCB methods.

Constructor Summary

Privilege()
Allocate a new Privilege object.

Method Summary

abstract void	doPrivileged(Runnable action) Perform the specified action with privilege.
abstract void	exit(int exitStatus) Exit Nachos with the specified status.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

stats

public Stats stats

Nachos runtime statistics.

machine

public Privilege.MachinePrivilege machine

Provides access to some private Machine methods.

interrupt

public Privilege.InterruptPrivilege interrupt

Provides access to some private Interrupt methods.

processor

public Privilege.ProcessorPrivilege processor

Provides access to some private Processor methods.

tcb

public Privilege.TCBPrivilege tcb

Provides access to some private TCB methods.

Constructor Detail

Privilege

public Privilege()

Allocate a new Privilege object. Note that this object in itself does not encapsulate privileged access until the machine devices fill it in.

Method Detail

doPrivileged

public abstract void doPrivileged(Runnable action)

Perform the specified action with privilege.

Parameters:

action - the action to perform.

exit

public abstract void exit(int exitStatus)

Exit Nachos with the specified status.

Parameters:

exitStatus - the exit status of the Nachos process.