Freitag, 25. August 2017

The following code snipped shows the cases in which the different constructors and assignment operators will be used by the compiler: 

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

template<typename T>
class MyClass
{
public:
  MyClass(vector<T> inputVector);
  MyClass(const MyClass<T> &other);
  MyClass(MyClass &&other) noexcept;
  MyClass &operator=(const MyClass &other);
  MyClass &operator=(MyClass &&other);

  virtual ~MyClass();

private:
  vector<T> mVector;
};

template<typename T>
MyClass<T>::MyClass(vector<T> inputVector)
  : mVector{inputVector}
{
  cout << "\tMyClass constructor" << endl;
}

template<typename T>
MyClass<T>::MyClass(const MyClass<T> &other)
  : mVector{other.mVector}
{
  cout << "\tMyClass copy constructor" << endl;
}

template<typename T>
MyClass<T>::MyClass(MyClass<T> &&other) noexcept
  : mVector{std::move(other.mVector)}
{
  cout << "\tMyClass move constructor" << endl;
}

template<typename T>
MyClass<T>& MyClass<T>::operator=(const MyClass<T> &other)
{
  cout << "\tMyClass assignment operator" << endl;
  this->mVector = other.mVector;
  return *this;
}

template<typename T>
MyClass<T> &MyClass<T>::operator=(MyClass<T> &&other)
{
  cout << "\tMyClass move assignment operator" << endl;
  this->mVector.operator=( std::move(other.mVector) );
  return *this;
}


template<typename T>
MyClass<T>::~MyClass()
{
  cout << "\tMyClass vector size: " << mVector.size() << endl;
}


MyClass<int> GetClass()
{
  MyClass<int> obj{ {1, 2} };
  return obj;
}

MyClass<int> GetClass2()
{
  return MyClass<int>{ {1, 2} };
}

int main()
{
  {
    cout << "Constructor" << endl;
    MyClass<int> myClass{ { 1, 2 } };
  }
  {
    cout << "Move constructor" << endl;
    MyClass<int> myClass{GetClass()};
  }
  {
    cout << "Assignment operator" << endl;
    MyClass<int> origObj{ { 1, 2 } };
    MyClass<int> myClass{ { 3, 4 } };
    myClass = origObj;
  }
  {
    cout << "Move assignment operator" << endl;
    MyClass<int> myClass{ {3, 4} };
    myClass = GetClass2();
  }

  // References are handled differently:
  // A reference is basically a pointer to an object.
  // The references have to be const because the objects returned by the
  // GetClass functions are rvalues and thus the references have to be
  // rvalues also.
  {
    cout << "Reference construction (direct initialization)" << endl;
    const MyClass<int> &myClass{GetClass()};
  }
  {
    cout << "Reference construction (assignment)" << endl;
    const MyClass<int> &myClass = GetClass();
  }

  return 0;
}



This should result to the following output by the compiler:
Constructor
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass vector size: 2
Move constructor
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass move constructor
        MyClass vector size: 0
        MyClass vector size: 2
Assignment operator
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass assignment operator
        MyClass vector size: 2
        MyClass vector size: 2
Move assignment operator
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass move assignment operator
        MyClass vector size: 0
        MyClass vector size: 2
Reference construction (direct initialization)
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass move constructor
        MyClass vector size: 0
        MyClass vector size: 2
Reference construction (assignment)
        MyClass constructor
        MyClass move constructor
        MyClass vector size: 0
        MyClass vector size: 2

Samstag, 12. August 2017

Developing a kernel module on Archlinux with Eclipse

In this blog post I will try to write down everything on how to setup an environment for developing kernel drivers on Archlinux.

In my case I've wanted to use the current git version of the kernel to develop so I've downloaded linux-git from AUR:
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/linux-git.git
and then build the kernel
$ nice -n19 makepkg

Now start Eclipse and create your project.

Go to Project -> Properties -> C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include -> GNU C and delete all entries in CDT Managed Build Setting entries.


Select CDT User Settings Entries and then click Add...
Select Include Directory and File System Path
Select Contains system headers and select the <path to abs package>/pkg/linux-git-headers/usr/lib/modules/<linux version>/build/include/



Repeat the above steps for the <path to abs package>/pkg/linux-git-headers/usr/lib/modules/<linux version>/build/arch/x86/include/ directory

And one more time for <path to abs package>//pkg/linux-git-headers/usr/lib/modules/<linux version>/build/arch/x86/include/.

Now click Add... again and select Preprocessor Macro File and File System Path and add <path to abs package>/pkg/linux-git-headers/usr/lib/modules/<linux version>/build/include/linux/kconfig.h

 Now go to Paths and Symbols, select #Symbols and add a symbol named __KERNEL__ and give it a value of 1.