3 files changed, 48 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/kernel/basesegment.H b/src/include/kernel/basesegment.H
index 72869d535..da262c2a0 100644
--- a/src/include/kernel/basesegment.H
+++ b/src/include/kernel/basesegment.H
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define __KERNEL_BASESEGMENT_H
 
 #include <kernel/segment.H>
+//#include <kernel/vmmmgr.H>
 
 // Forward declaration.
 class MessageQueue;
@@ -93,6 +94,19 @@ class BaseSegment : public Segment
          */
          virtual uint64_t findPhysicalAddress(uint64_t i_vaddr) const;
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Sets the page permissions for a given virtual address and size.
+         * @param i_va[in] - virtual address of the page(s) to set permissions  
+         * @param i_size[in] - range of memory that needs permissions updated... 
+         *           if i_size equals 0 then we only need to update an
+         *           individual page.
+         * @param i_access_type[in] - type of permission to set
+         * @return int - 0 for successful block allocation, non-zero otherwise
+         */
+        static int mmSetPermission(void* i_va,
+                                      uint64_t i_size,
+                                      PAGE_PERMISSIONS i_access_type);
+
     private:
         /**
          * @brief Internal implementation of init function.
@@ -114,6 +128,20 @@ class BaseSegment : public Segment
          */
         int _mmAllocBlock(MessageQueue* i_mq,void* i_va,uint64_t i_size);
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Sets the page permissions for a given virtual address and size.
+         * @param i_va[in] - virtual address of the page(s) to set permissions
+         * @param i_size[in] - range of memory that needs permissions updated... 
+         *          if i_size equals 0 then we only need to update an individual
+         *          page.
+         * @param i_access_type[in] - type of permission to set
+         * @return int - 0 for successful block allocation, non-zero otherwise
+         */
+         int _mmSetPermission(void* i_va,
+                                 uint64_t i_size,
+                                 PAGE_PERMISSIONS i_access_type);
+
+
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/kernel/syscalls.H b/src/include/kernel/syscalls.H
index bdffea120..70dd436be 100644
--- a/src/include/kernel/syscalls.H
+++ b/src/include/kernel/syscalls.H
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ namespace Systemcalls
             /** mm_remove_pages() */
         MM_REMOVE_PAGES,
 
-        SYSCALL_MAX
+           /** mm_set_permission() */
+        MM_SET_PERMISSION,
+
+	SYSCALL_MAX
     };
 
     /** @enum SysCalls_FastPath
diff --git a/src/include/kernel/vmmmgr.H b/src/include/kernel/vmmmgr.H
index 2d0d0297d..ef8e6c362 100644
--- a/src/include/kernel/vmmmgr.H
+++ b/src/include/kernel/vmmmgr.H
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ class VmmManager
          */
         static int mmRemovePages(PAGE_REMOVAL_OPS i_op, void* i_vaddr,
                                  uint64_t i_size);
+        /**
+         * @brief Sets the permissions for a given page or range of pages
+         * @param i_va[in] - Virtual address of the page to update permission
+         * @param i_size[in] - range of memory that needs permissions updated...
+         *             if i_size equals 0 then we only need to update an 
+         *            individual page.
+         * @return int - 0 for successful permission update, non-zero otherwise
+         *
+         * The given virtual address will be 'rounded' down to the nearest page
+         * boundary, along with the given size will be 'rounded' up to the
+         * nearest divisible page size.
+         */
+        static int mmSetPermission(void* i_va,uint64_t i_size, PAGE_PERMISSIONS i_access_type);
 
     protected:
         VmmManager();
@@ -141,6 +154,9 @@ class VmmManager
         /** See findPhysicalAddress */
         uint64_t _findPhysicalAddress(uint64_t i_vaddr);
 
+        /* See mmSetPermission */
+        int _mmSetPermission(void* i_va,uint64_t i_size, PAGE_PERMISSIONS i_access_type);
+
     public:
         friend class Block;