Clarify that an ELF loader is provided.

[pintos-anon] / doc / userprog.texi

diff --git a/doc/userprog.texi b/doc/userprog.texi
index ab6115ce6c67b348a40f5eb1c7e9707c8e1d29c9..e4e6098b5e8f77acdaf691b967af34d6cc0ef89d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/userprog.texi
+++ b/doc/userprog.texi
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ programs.  The @file{Makefile} in this directory
 compiles the provided examples, and you can edit it
 compile your own programs as well.
 
-Pintos loads @dfn{ELF} executables.  ELF is a file format used by Linux,
+Pintos can load @dfn{ELF} executables with the loader provided for you
+in @file{userprog/process.c}.  ELF is a file format used by Linux,
 Solaris, and many other operating systems for object files,
 shared libraries, and executables.  You can actually use any compiler
 and linker that output 80@var{x}86 ELF executables to produce programs
@@ -599,7 +600,7 @@ the program cannot load or run for any reason.
 @deftypefn {System Call} int wait (pid_t @var{pid})
 Waits for process @var{pid} to die and returns the status it passed to
 @code{exit}.  Returns -1 if @var{pid}
-was terminated by the kernel (i.e.@: killed due to an exception).  If
+was terminated by the kernel (e.g.@: killed due to an exception).  If
 @var{pid} is does not refer to a child of the
 calling thread, or if @code{wait} has already been successfully
 called for the given @var{pid}, returns -1 immediately, without
@@ -665,7 +666,8 @@ Reads @var{size} bytes from the file open as @var{fd} into
 @var{buffer}.  Returns the number of bytes actually read (0 at end of
 file), or -1 if the file could not be read (due to a condition other
 than end of file).  Fd 0 reads from the keyboard using
-@func{kbd_getc}.
+@func{kbd_getc}.  (Keyboard input will not work if you pass the
+@option{-v} option to @command{pintos}.)
 
 Consider implementing this function in terms of @func{file_read}.
 @end deftypefn
@@ -682,7 +684,8 @@ actual number written, or -1 if no bytes could be written at all.
 
 Fd 1 writes to the console.  Your code to write to the console should
 write all of @var{buffer} in one call to @func{putbuf}, at least as
-long as @var{size} is not bigger than a few hundred bytes.  Otherwise,
+long as @var{size} is not bigger than a few hundred bytes.  (It is
+reasonable to break up larger buffers.)  Otherwise,
 lines of text output by different processes may end up interleaved on
 the console, confusing both human readers and our grading scripts.
 
@@ -776,7 +779,8 @@ hurt even now.
 You can use @func{file_deny_write} to prevent writes to an open file.
 Calling @func{file_allow_write} on the file will re-enable them (unless
 the file is denied writes by another opener).  Closing a file will also
-re-enable writes.
+re-enable writes.  Thus, to deny writes to process's executable, you
+must keep it open as long as the process is still running.
 
 @node Project 2 FAQ
 @section FAQ