/**
* The exception handler. This handler is called by the processor whenever
* a user instruction causes a processor exception.
*
* <p>
* When the exception handler is invoked, interrupts are enabled, and the
* processor's cause register contains an integer identifying the cause of
* the exception (see the <tt>exceptionZZZ</tt> constants in the
* <tt>Processor</tt> class). If the exception involves a bad virtual
* address (e.g. page fault, TLB miss, read-only, bus error, or address
* error), the processor's BadVAddr register identifies the virtual address
* that caused the exception.
*/
public void exceptionHandler() {
Lib.assert(KThread.currentThread() instanceof UThread);
UserProcess process = ((UThread) KThread.currentThread()).process;
int cause = Machine.processor().readRegister(Processor.regCause);
process.handleException(cause);
}
/**
* Handle a user exception. Called by <tt>UserKernel.exceptionHandler()</tt> . The <i>cause</i>
* argument identifies which exception occurred; see the <tt>Processor.exceptionZZZ</tt>
* constants.
*
* @param cause the user exception that occurred.
*/
public void handleException(int cause) {
Processor processor = Machine.processor();
switch (cause) {
case Processor.exceptionTLBMiss:
handleTLBMiss();
break;
default:
super.handleException(cause);
break;
}
}
