Added spawner

Cargo.lock

@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked_list_allocator",
  "log",
  "slab",
+ "spin 0.9.4",
  "versioning",
 ]
 

kernel/Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 linked_list_allocator = "0.9"
 log = "0.4.14"
 slab = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+spin = "0.9"
 
 [dependencies.crossbeam-queue]
 version = "0.3"

kernel/src/task.rs

@@ -8,8 +8,40 @@ use core::{
 };
 use crossbeam_queue::SegQueue;
 use slab::Slab;
+use spin::RwLock;
 
 type TaskQueue = Arc<SegQueue<TaskId>>;
+type SpawnQueue = Arc<SegQueue<Task>>;
+
+static SPAWN_QUEUE: RwLock<Option<SpawnQueue>> = RwLock::new(None);
+
+/// Spawn a new task
+pub fn spawn(future: impl Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static) {
+    match &*SPAWN_QUEUE.read() {
+        Some(s) => s.push(Task::new(future)),
+        None => panic!("no task executor is running"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Forcibly yield a task
+pub fn yield_now() -> impl Future<Output = ()> {
+    struct YieldNow(bool);
+    impl Future for YieldNow {
+        type Output = ();
+
+        fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+            if self.0 {
+                Poll::Ready(())
+            } else {
+                self.0 = true;
+                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+                Poll::Pending
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    YieldNow(false)
+}
 
 /// Tasks executor
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -20,24 +52,44 @@ pub struct Executor {
     /// Awake tasks' queue
     queue: TaskQueue,
 
+    /// Incoming tasks to enqueue
+    incoming: SpawnQueue,
+
     /// Wakers
     wakers: BTreeMap<TaskId, Waker>,
 }
 
 impl Executor {
-    /// Spawn a future
+    /// Spawn a task
-    pub fn spawn(&mut self, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static) {
+    pub fn spawn(&mut self, future: impl Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static) {
         self.queue
             .push(TaskId(self.tasks.insert(Task::new(future))));
     }
 
-    /// Run tasks
+    /// Spin poll loop until it runs out of tasks
-    pub fn run(&mut self) -> ! {
+    pub fn run(&mut self) {
-        loop {
+        // Assign `self.incoming` to global spawn queue to spawn tasks
-            while let Some(id) = self.queue.pop() {
+        // from within
+        {
+            let mut spawner = SPAWN_QUEUE.write();
+            if spawner.is_some() {
+                panic!("task executor is already running");
+            }
+
+            *spawner = Some(Arc::clone(&self.incoming));
+        }
+
+        // Try to get incoming task, if none available, poll
+        // enqueued one
+        while let Some(id) = self
+            .incoming
+            .pop()
+            .map(|t| TaskId(self.tasks.insert(t)))
+            .or_else(|| self.queue.pop())
+        {
             let task = match self.tasks.get_mut(id.0) {
                 Some(t) => t,
-                    None => continue,
+                None => panic!("attempted to get non-extant task with id {}", id.0),
             };
 
             let mut cx = Context::from_waker(
@@ -48,13 +100,15 @@ impl Executor {
 
             match task.poll(&mut cx) {
                 Poll::Ready(()) => {
+                    // Task done, unregister
                     self.tasks.remove(id.0);
                     self.wakers.remove(&id);
                 }
                 Poll::Pending => (),
             }
         }
-        }
+
+        *SPAWN_QUEUE.write() = None;
     }
 }
 
@@ -63,12 +117,12 @@ struct TaskId(usize);
 
 /// Async task
 struct Task {
-    future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()>>>,
+    future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send>>,
 }
 
 impl Task {
     /// Create a new task from a future
-    fn new(future: impl Future<Output = ()> + 'static) -> Self {
+    fn new(future: impl Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static) -> Self {
         Self {
             future: Box::pin(future),
         }