exec: PE32+ loader, versioned ABI, first external binaries (v0.6.0)

2026-08-21T19:17:44Z

rsapi: the kernel<->binary ABI crate (no_std, no deps). Versioned Exports table (magic + version header), EntryPoint = extern "C" on x86_64-unknown-uefi (Win64: RCX/RDX/R8), Line/Arg/StreamResult types. Binaries link only this crate. rsnix::load: PE32+ parser — DOS/COFF/optional headers, section copy, BSS zero-fill, .reloc base relocations (DIR64) via rva_to_file mapping (the reloc directory is an RVA, not a file offset). Images are allocated at LOAD_BASE=192MiB inside the page allocator's conventional span and identity-mapped user+writable+nx. rsnix::exec: resolution name -> /disk//bin//.efi per mounted volume; spawn reserves a sched slot, stores a per-task ExecCtx (exports + argv block + image) before launch_at installs the frame — no adopt race. Trampoline calls entry(&Exports, argc, argv), posts TaskMsg::User(exit_code) to the shell. abort_current notifies the shell with u64::MAX when an exec'd binary dies, so a faulting command cannot leave the shell blocked forever. sched: reserve_slot/launch_at split out of spawn; task_exit made pub. shell: exec_external runs before non-frozen built-ins (ADR 0006 resolution rule); frozen core (help/clear/echo/halt/poweroff/exit/ rescan) is exempt. Exports v1 wires put_line to the terminal and get_line to EOF; stream injection lands in Phase 3. ^C while waiting kills the command task. bins/{hello,boom}: gate binaries. hello prints through the exports table; boom faults on 0x400000000000 to prove containment. The image entry point IS the ABI entry (efi_main carries the Exports signature). Version 0.6.0: exec exists end-to-end. Gates verified in QEMU: 'hello' loads from \\bin\\cli\\hello.efi, calls put_line across the ABI, exits 0, shell unblocks; 'boom' faults, task dies gracefully with full report, shell survives, jobs shows the corpse; built-in fallback works when the file is absent; test-disk PASS.

rs-dos/bins/boom, branch qemu

exec: PE32+ loader, versioned ABI, first external binaries (v0.6.0)