dev, kernel and user: codebase additions and work in progress 'tactical pause'

why?
 - HeFS's Formating needs some thought before being layed out, that's the kind of thing that bites hard in the ass.
 - Alongside those changes I improved parts of the kernel too.

Signed-off-by: Amlal <amlal@nekernel.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dev/user/SystemCalls.h b/dev/user/SystemCalls.h
index 1e391d8a..4ff7de11 100644
--- a/dev/user/SystemCalls.h
+++ b/dev/user/SystemCalls.h
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ IMPORT_C Ref IoOpenFile(const Char* fs_path, const Char* drive_letter);
 /// @return Function doesn't return a type.

 IMPORT_C Void IoCloseFile(_Input Ref file_desc);

 

+/// @brief I/O control (ioctl) on a file.

+/// @param file_desc the file descriptor.

+/// @param ioctl_code the ioctl code.

+/// @param in_data the input data.

+/// @param out_data the output data.

+/// @return the number of bytes written.

+/// @note This function is used to control the file descriptor, introduced for HeFS.

+IMPORT_C SInt32 IoCTLFile(_Input Ref file_desc, _Input UInt32 ioctl_code, _Input VoidPtr in_data,

+                      _Output VoidPtr out_data);

+

 /// @brief Gets the file mime (if any)

 /// @param file_desc the file descriptor.

 IMPORT_C const Char* IoMimeFile(_Input Ref file_desc);