Don't preallocate L4 kernel entries and copy them when necessary instead

src/interrupts.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use x86_64::{
     set_general_handler,
     structures::{
         idt::{InterruptDescriptorTable, InterruptStackFrame, PageFaultErrorCode},
-        paging::{mapper::TranslateResult, Page, PageTableFlags, PhysFrame, Translate},
+        paging::{mapper::TranslateResult, Page, PageTableFlags, PageTableIndex, PhysFrame, Translate},
     },
     PhysAddr, PrivilegeLevel, VirtAddr,
 };
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ extern "x86-interrupt" fn page_fault_handler(
     #[warn(clippy::expect_used, reason = "FIXME")]
     let faulting_addr =
         Cr2::read().expect("Cannot handle page faults caused by non-canonical addresses");
+    if faulting_addr.p4_index() >= PageTableIndex::new(256)
+        && !ACTIVE_SPACE.lock().level_4_table()[faulting_addr.p4_index()]
+            .flags()
+            .contains(PageTableFlags::PRESENT)
+        && KERNEL_SPACE.lock().level_4_table()[faulting_addr.p4_index()]
+            .flags()
+            .contains(PageTableFlags::PRESENT)
+    {
+        ACTIVE_SPACE.lock().level_4_table_mut()[faulting_addr.p4_index()] =
+            KERNEL_SPACE.lock().level_4_table()[faulting_addr.p4_index()].clone();
+        return;
+    }
     if let Some(current_pid) = TASKING.current_pid() {
         print!("PID {current_pid} ");
     } else {

src/virtual_memory.rs

@@ -187,36 +187,15 @@ pub static KERNEL_SPACE: Lazy<ASpaceMutex> = Lazy::new(|| {
     for i in 0..256 {
         table[i].set_addr(PhysAddr::new(0), PageTableFlags::empty());
     }
-    let mut num_pts_alloced = 0;
     for i in 256..512 {
         if table[i].flags().contains(PageTableFlags::PRESENT) {
             let new_flags =
                 table[i].flags() | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE;
             table[i].set_flags(new_flags);
-        } else {
-            // SAFETY: We initialize the newly allocated table before we make a reference to it, so
-            // the reference cannot point to uninitialized data.
-            table[i].set_addr(
-                unsafe {
-                    #[expect(
-                        clippy::expect_used,
-                        reason = "If we fail to allocate the kernel page table, it's fatal."
-                    )]
-                    let (new_child, new_child_phys) =
-                        alloc_pt().expect("Could not allocate new kernel entry");
-                    num_pts_alloced += 1;
-                    new_child.write(PageTable::new());
-                    new_child_phys
-                },
-                PageTableFlags::PRESENT
-                    | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE
-                    | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
-            );
         }
     }
     let mut kernel_space = AddressSpace::new_with_addr(table);
     kernel_space.is_kernel = true;
-    kernel_space.record_alloc(num_pts_alloced * 4096);
     let l4_virt = VirtAddr::from_ptr(ptr::from_ref(kernel_space.mapper.level_4_table()));
     #[expect(
         clippy::unwrap_used,
@@ -292,6 +271,14 @@ impl AddressSpace {
         core::mem::replace(&mut *ACTIVE_SPACE.lock(), self)
     }
 
+    pub fn level_4_table(&self) -> &PageTable {
+        self.mapper.level_4_table()
+    }
+
+    pub fn level_4_table_mut(&mut self) -> &mut PageTable {
+        self.mapper.level_4_table_mut()
+    }
+
     fn check_request_valid(&self, start: Page, length: usize) -> Result<(), PagingError> {
         if (self.is_kernel
             && (start < KERNEL_PAGE_RANGE.start
@@ -725,18 +712,22 @@ impl AddressSpace {
             };
             unsafe {
                 self.mapper.update_flags(page, (flags | set_flags) & !(clear_flags))?.flush();
-                self.mapper.set_flags_p3_entry(
+                self.mapper
+                    .set_flags_p3_entry(
                         page,
                         PageTableFlags::PRESENT
                             | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE
                             | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
-                )?.flush_all();
+                    )?
-                self.mapper.set_flags_p2_entry(
+                    .flush_all();
+                self.mapper
+                    .set_flags_p2_entry(
                         page,
                         PageTableFlags::PRESENT
                             | PageTableFlags::WRITABLE
                             | PageTableFlags::USER_ACCESSIBLE,
-                )?.flush_all();
+                    )?
+                    .flush_all();
             }
         }
         Ok(())