thread.h File Reference

Threading API. More...

Detailed Description

Threading API.

Author

Kaspar Schleiser kaspa.nosp@m.r@sc.nosp@m.hleis.nosp@m.er.d.nosp@m.e

Definition in file thread.h.

#include "clist.h"
#include "cib.h"
#include "msg.h"
#include "sched.h"
#include "thread_config.h"
#include "thread_arch.h"

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Data Structures
struct	_thread
	thread_t holds thread's context data. More...

Macros
#define	THREAD_MAYBE_INLINE
	Macro definition to inline some of the platform specific implementations.
#define	CONFIG_THREAD_NAMES
	This global macro enable storage of thread names to help developers.

Typedefs
typedef void *(*	thread_task_func_t) (void *arg)
	Prototype for a thread entry function.

Functions
kernel_pid_t	thread_create (char *stack, int stacksize, uint8_t priority, int flags, thread_task_func_t task_func, void *arg, const char *name)
	Creates a new thread.
static thread_t *	thread_get_unchecked (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Retrieve a thread control block by PID.
static thread_t *	thread_get (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Retrieve a thread control block by PID.
thread_status_t	thread_getstatus (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Returns the status of a process.
void	thread_sleep (void)
	Puts the current thread into sleep mode.
void	thread_yield (void)
	Lets current thread yield.
THREAD_MAYBE_INLINE void	thread_yield_higher (void)
	Lets current thread yield in favor of a higher prioritized thread.
void	thread_zombify (void)
	Puts the current thread into zombie state.
int	thread_kill_zombie (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Terminates zombie thread.
int	thread_wakeup (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Wakes up a sleeping thread.
static kernel_pid_t	thread_getpid (void)
	Returns the process ID of the currently running thread.
static thread_t *	thread_get_active (void)
	Returns a pointer to the Thread Control Block of the currently running thread.
char *	thread_stack_init (thread_task_func_t task_func, void *arg, void *stack_start, int stack_size)
	Gets called upon thread creation to set CPU registers.
void	thread_add_to_list (list_node_t *list, thread_t *thread)
	Add thread to list, sorted by priority (internal)
const char *	thread_getname (kernel_pid_t pid)
	Returns the name of a process.
uintptr_t	thread_measure_stack_free (const char *stack)
	Measures the stack usage of a stack.
int	thread_isr_stack_usage (void)
	Get the number of bytes used on the ISR stack.
void *	thread_isr_stack_pointer (void)
	Get the current ISR stack pointer.
void *	thread_isr_stack_start (void)
	Get the start of the ISR stack.
void	thread_stack_print (void)
	Print the current stack to stdout.
void	thread_print_stack (void)
	Prints human readable, ps-like thread information for debugging purposes.
static int	thread_has_msg_queue (const volatile struct _thread *thread)
	Checks if a thread has an initialized message queue.
static thread_status_t	thread_get_status (const thread_t *thread)
	Get a thread's status.
static uint8_t	thread_get_priority (const thread_t *thread)
	Get a thread's priority.
static bool	thread_is_active (const thread_t *thread)
	Returns if a thread is active (currently running or waiting to be scheduled)
const char *	thread_state_to_string (thread_status_t state)
	Convert a thread state code to a human readable string.
static void *	thread_get_stackstart (const thread_t *thread)
	Get start address (lowest) of a thread's stack.
static void *	thread_get_sp (const thread_t *thread)
	Get stored Stack Pointer of thread.
static size_t	thread_get_stacksize (const thread_t *thread)
	Get size of a thread's stack.
static kernel_pid_t	thread_getpid_of (const thread_t *thread)
	Get PID of thread.
static const char *	thread_get_name (const thread_t *thread)
	Get name of thread.

Optional flags for controlling a threads initial state
#define	THREAD_CREATE_SLEEPING   (1)
	Set the new thread to sleeping.
#define	THREAD_AUTO_FREE   (2)
	Currently not implemented.
#define	THREAD_CREATE_WOUT_YIELD   (4)
	Do not automatically call thread_yield() after creation: the newly created thread might not run immediately.
#define	THREAD_CREATE_STACKTEST   (8)
	Write markers into the thread's stack to measure stack usage (for debugging and profiling purposes)