CMakeLists.txt files for building applications

The CMakeLists.txt file for building an application must contain the following commands:

• include (platform/nk) connects the CMake library for working with the NK compiler.
• project_header_default ("STANDARD_GNU_11:YES" "STRICT_WARNINGS:NO") sets the flags of the compiler and linker.
• An EDL description of a process class for a program can be generated by using the generate_edl_file() command.
• If the program provides endpoints using an IPC mechanism, the following transport code must be generated:
  1. idl.h files are generated by the nk_build_idl_files() command
  2. cdl.h files are generated by the nk_build_cdl_files() command
  3. edl.h files are generated by the nk_build_edl_files() command
• add_executable (<program name> "<path to the file containing the program source code>") adds the program build target.
• add_dependencies (<program name> <name of the edl.h file build target>) adds a program build dependency on edl.h file generation.
• target_link_libraries (<program name> <list of libraries>) determines the libraries that need to be linked with the program during the build.

  For example, if the program uses file I/O or network I/O, it must be linked with the ${vfs_CLIENT_LIB} transport library.

  CMake descriptions of system programs and drivers provided in KasperskyOS Community Edition, and descriptions of their exported variables and properties are located in the corresponding files at /opt/KasperskyOS-Community-Edition-<version>/sysroot-aarch64-kos/lib/cmake/<program name>/<program name>-config.cmake

• To automatically add descriptions of IPC channels to the init.yaml file when building a solution, you must define the EXTRA_CONNECTIONS property and assign it a value with descriptions of the relevant IPC channels.

  Example of creating an IPC channel between a Client process and a Server process:

  set_target_properties (Client PROPERTIES

  EXTRA_CONNECTIONS

  " - target: Server

  id: server_connection")

  When building this solution, the description of this IPC channel will be automatically added to the init.yaml file when processing macros of the init.yaml.in template.

• To automatically add a list of arguments for the main() function and a dictionary of environment variables to the init.yaml file when building a solution, you must define the EXTRA_ARGS and EXTRA_ENV properties and assign the appropriate values to them.

  Example of sending the Client program the "-v" argument of the main() function and the environment variable VAR1 set to VALUE1:

  set_target_properties (Client PROPERTIES

  EXTRA_ARGS

  " - \"-v\""

  EXTRA_ENV

  " VAR1: VALUE1")

  When building this solution, the description of the main() function argument and the environment variable value will be automatically added to the init.yaml file when processing macros of the init.yaml.in template.

Example CMakeLists.txt file for building a simple application

CMakeLists.txt

project (hello)

# Tools for working with the NK compiler.

include (platform/nk)

# Set compile flags.

project_header_default ("STANDARD_GNU_11:YES" "STRICT_WARNINGS:NO")

# Define the name of the project that includes the program.

set (LOCAL_MODULE_NAME "example")

# Define the application name.

set (ENTITY_NAME "Hello")

# Please note the contents of the init.yaml.in and security.psl.in templates

# They define program names as ${LOCAL_MODULE_NAME}.${ENTITY_NAME}

# Define the targets that will be used to create the generated files of the program.

set (ENTITY_IDL_TARGET ${ENTITY_NAME}_idl)

set (ENTITY_CDL_TARGET ${ENTITY_NAME}_cdl)

set (ENTITY_EDL_TARGET ${ENTITY_NAME}_edl)

# Define the name of the target that will be used to build the program.

set (APP_TARGET ${ENTITY_NAME}_app)

# Add the idl.h file build target.

nk_build_idl_files (${ENTITY_IDL_TARGET}

NK_MODULE ${LOCAL_MODULE_NAME}

IDL "resources/Hello.idl"

)

# Add the cdl.h file build target.

nk_build_cdl_files (${ENTITY_CDL_TARGET}

IDL_TARGET ${ENTITY_IDL_TARGET}

NK_MODULE ${LOCAL_MODULE_NAME}

CDL "resources/Hello.cdl")

# Add the EDL file build target. The EDL_FILE variable is exported

# and contains the path to the generated EDL file.

generate_edl_file ( ${ENTITY_NAME}

PREFIX ${LOCAL_MODULE_NAME}

)

# Add the edl.h file build target.

nk_build_edl_files (${ENTITY_EDL_TARGET}

NK_MODULE ${LOCAL_MODULE_NAME}

EDL ${EDL_FILE}

)

# Define the target for the program build.

add_executable (${APP_TARGET} "src/hello.c")

# The program name in init.yaml and security.psl must match the name of the executable file

set_target_properties (${APP_TARGET} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${ENTITY_NAME})

# Libraries that are linked to the program during the build

target_link_libraries ( ${APP_TARGET}

PUBLIC ${vfs_CLIENT_LIB} # The program uses file I/O

# and must be connected as a client to VFS

)