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Makes blk_vm_flush_all() (block_words.c) non-static and declares it in block_words.h -- it's already the entire implementation behind SAVE-BUFFERS (block_word_save_buffers() is a one-line wrapper), so sk_repl_idle() can call the exact same flush path outside word dispatch without duplicating any logic. Cheap every idle tick regardless of dirty state: every check inside is a small fixed-size scan, so no separate pre-check was needed on top of it. Caught a real bug via a live persistence test before trusting the feature: the first version gated the flush on sk_repl_get_active_vm() returning non-NULL, but NULL is that accessor's documented default (Tripod's own USE-redirect override, "restore default dispatch") -- without an active USE redirect, the flush silently no-op'd for the entire session. Confirmed live: wrote a byte via BUFFER (no UPDATE/SAVE-BUFFERS), waited past the idle cadence, killed QEMU abruptly, rebooted with the same disk image, read back 0 instead of the written 65. Fixed by threading the VM sk_repl_run()'s own loop already resolves each iteration (g_repl_active_vm ? g_repl_active_vm : vm) down as a parameter through sk_readline() into sk_repl_idle(), rather than trying to re-derive it from an accessor with the wrong default. Re-ran the same test after the fix: read back 65, matching the written byte -- the write survived an abrupt kill with no explicit flush call anywhere in the test, proving the idle-tick auto-flush genuinely ran. All three architectures re-verified clean. FABRIC-2.md Section V item 6 and the corresponding Milestone 3 punch-list item marked done. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CXjAPTEKrgY2Mrk25KoLDn
src/starkernel/
LithosAnanke — the bare-metal UEFI kernel that boots StarForth directly on
hardware (amd64/aarch64/riscv64). Built only via Makefile.starkernel; the
only valid acceptance test is the three-arch QEMU boot (see
.claude/CLAUDE.md), never make test.
kernel_main.c— kernel entry point, driving the boot milestones (console init, PMM, VMM, interrupts, timers, kmalloc heap, VM bootstrap).repl.c— kernel REPL.doe_log.c— kernel-side DoE (Design of Experiments) metrics logging.
Subdirectories:
arch/{amd64,aarch64,riscv64}/— per-architecture support (APIC/GIC/ PLIC interrupt controller, timers, boot/ISR assembly).boot/— UEFI loader, ELF loading, kernel command-line parsing.capsule/— capsule birth/run/load/validate pipeline.hal/— hardware-abstraction-layer implementation (console, framebuffer, VT100, memory, host services).hash/— XXHash64 content-addressing implementation.math/— kernel-build Q48.16 fixed-point arithmetic.memory/— physical/virtual memory managers and the kernel heap.pci/— PCI bus enumeration.virtio/— VirtIO block device driver.vm/— kernel VM subsystem (bootstrap, core interpreter, parity logging, capsule arena).
See include/starkernel/README.md for the corresponding headers.