OpenVMS Alpha Guide to Upgrading Privileged-Code Applications

Index

• ASTs

• CPU$L_CURKTB field
• CTL$AL_STACK array
• CTL$AL_STACKLIM array
• CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Macro #1
• CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Macro #2
• CVT_IPID_TO_PCB_KTB Macro #1
• CVT_IPID_TO_PCB_KTB Macro #2

• Data Cells

• EPID
  • extended process ID
• EXE$CVT_EPID_TO_KTB Routine #1
• EXE$CVT_EPID_TO_KTB Routine #2
• EXE$CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Routine #1
• EXE$CVT_IPID_TO_KTB Routine #2
• Executive stack
• Extended process ID (EPID)

• Floating-point registers and execution data block (FRED)
• FRED
  • floating-point registers and execution data block
• FRED block

• GET_CURKTB Macro #1
• GET_CURKTB Macro #2

• Hardware process control block (HWPCB) #1
• Hardware process control block (HWPCB) #2
• HWPCB
  • hardware process control block

• Image Registry facility
  • overview
• Images
  • registering for version dependencies
• Infrastructure Changes
  • summary
• Installation and upgrade restrictions
  • upgrading privileged software
• Internal PID
• IPID
  • internal PID

• Kernel stack
• Kernel thread block (KTB)
• Kernel thread block vector
• Kernel threads region
• KTB
  • kernel thread block

• Mutex locking
• MWAIT state

• P0 space
• P1 space #1
• P1 space #2
• P1 space layout
• PCB
  • process control block
• Per-kernel thread stacks
• PHD
  • process header
• PID
  • process identifier
• PIX
  • process index
• Privileged shareable images
  • creating
  • definition
• Privileged software
  • version dependencies
• Process control block (PCB)
• Process header (PHD)
• Process identifier (PID)
• Process index (PIX)
• Process page tables
  • location
• Process status bits

• Range checking
• Restrictions
  • installation and upgrade
    • upgrading privileged software

• Scheduling routines
• Sequence vectors
• Shareable images
  • privileged
• Subsystems
  • version ID changes
• Supervisor stack
• SYS$CREPRC system service
• SYS$GETJPI system service
• SYS$PROCESS_SCAN system service
• System services
  • dispatching
• System Working Set List

• TB invalidation

• User stack

• Version dependencies
  • registering images with

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