3 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
index 57403ab27..c334c1e26 100644
--- a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
+++ b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
@@ -537,10 +537,18 @@ openFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int callnum, LiveProcess *process,
 
     DPRINTF(SyscallVerbose, "opening file %s\n", path.c_str());
 
-    // open the file
-    int fd = open(path.c_str(), hostFlags, mode);
+    int fd;
+    if (!path.compare(0, 6, "/proc/") || !path.compare(0, 8, "/system/") ||
+        !path.compare(0, 10, "/platform/") || !path.compare(0, 5, "/sys/")) {
+        // It's a proc/sys entery and requires special handling
+        fd = OS::openSpecialFile(path, process, tc);
+        return (fd == -1) ? -1 : process->alloc_fd(fd,path.c_str(),hostFlags,mode, false);
+     } else {
+        // open the file
+        fd = open(path.c_str(), hostFlags, mode);
+        return (fd == -1) ? -errno : process->alloc_fd(fd,path.c_str(),hostFlags,mode, false);
+     }
 
-    return (fd == -1) ? -errno : process->alloc_fd(fd,path.c_str(),hostFlags,mode, false);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 29b1d1f61..864b0fdc7 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -244,6 +244,19 @@ System::new_page()
         fatal("Out of memory, please increase size of physical memory.");
     return return_addr;
 }
+
+Addr
+System::memSize()
+{
+    return physmem->size();
+}
+
+Addr
+System::freeMemSize()
+{
+   return physmem->size() - (page_ptr << LogVMPageSize);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void
diff --git a/src/sim/system.hh b/src/sim/system.hh
index 9715767b1..bfa5ea8bb 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.hh
+++ b/src/sim/system.hh
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ class System : public SimObject
         return next_PID++;
     }
 
+    /** Amount of physical memory that is still free */
+    Addr freeMemSize();
+
+    /** Amount of physical memory that exists */
+    Addr memSize();
+
 
 #endif // FULL_SYSTEM