In this post we explore double faults in detail. We also set up an Interrupt Stack Table to catch double faults on a separate kernel stack. This way, we can completely prevent triple faults, even on kernel stack overflow.

Haskell and Rust both support asynchronous programming. Haskell includes a feature called async exceptions, which allow cancelling threads, but they come at a cost. See how Rust does the same job, and the relative trade-offs of each approach. (more…)

I have been working more or less with search engines since 2010. Since then, I entertained the idea to try and code my own search engine. I ended up never starting this project, but accumulated more and more information over the year about how to implemen...

Rust for JavaScript Developers - Variables and Data Types... (more…)

This is chapter 3.1 of a multi-part series on writing a RISC-V OS in Rust. (more…)