sysexec

sysexec is a psh utility to run programs on systems without MMU.


Usage:

sysexec [-m mapname] progname [args]...

The -m parameter is optional and allows to specify a non-default memory map where the program data will be placed. The default memory map is the one assigned with the app command in the plo script.

As an example, if in the script plo it is set:

app flash1 -x progname xip1 ocram2

then ocram2 is the default map for an app, so

sysexec progname arg1 arg2

to use a different map with read & write attributes set, provide an optional map with -m argument:

sysexec -m dtcm progname arg1 arg2

Sysexec command white list

The built-in whitelist functionality provides the ability to predefine an available set of sysexec commands. These commands can be defined in two ways:

  • /etc/whitelist file
  • PSH_SYSEXECWL environment variable at compile time

If storing commands in the /etc/whitelist file each complete sysexec command should be stored in a separate line with a line length not exceeding 79 characters:

    sysexec argA1 argA2 argA3
    sysexec argB1 argB2
    sysexec argC1 argC2 argC3

If the commands are stored in the PSH_SYSEXECWL environment variable, each command should end with a semicolon (;), as in the example below:

export PSH_SYSEXECWL="sysexec argD1 argD2 argD3;sysexec argE1 argE2 argE3;sysexec argF1 argF2"

If neither /etc/whitelist and PSH_SYSEXECWL is defined then sysexec will not have any restrictions.

Command template

If the command should accept variable or multiple arguments (e.g. program parameters) the command template may be specified using * wildcard. Checking will be performed only on arguments prior to *.

Command template sysexec arg1 arg2 * has the following impact:

sysexec arg1 arg2   #executed
sysexec arg1 arg2 arg3 .. argN  #executed
sysexec arg3 arg4   #NOT executed
sysexec arg2 arg1   #NOT executed

Important note: * works only as a standalone argument. It does not perform any lexical matching (e.g. arg*)

See also

  1. Phoenix-RTOS shell
  2. Phoenix-RTOS Utilities
  3. Table of Contents