/*
ChibiOS/RT - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,
2011,2012 Giovanni Di Sirio.
This file is part of ChibiOS/RT.
ChibiOS/RT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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---
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*/
/**
* @file chmsg.c
* @brief Messages code.
*
* @addtogroup messages
* @details Synchronous inter-thread messages APIs and services.
*
Operation Mode
* Synchronous messages are an easy to use and fast IPC mechanism,
* threads can both act as message servers and/or message clients,
* the mechanism allows data to be carried in both directions. Note
* that messages are not copied between the client and server threads
* but just a pointer passed so the exchange is very time
* efficient.
* Messages are scalar data types of type @p msg_t that are guaranteed
* to be size compatible with data pointers. Note that on some
* architectures function pointers can be larger that @p msg_t.
* Messages are usually processed in FIFO order but it is possible to
* process them in priority order by enabling the
* @p CH_USE_MESSAGES_PRIORITY option in @p chconf.h.
* @pre In order to use the message APIs the @p CH_USE_MESSAGES option
* must be enabled in @p chconf.h.
* @post Enabling messages requires 6-12 (depending on the architecture)
* extra bytes in the @p Thread structure.
* @{
*/
#include "ch.h"
#if CH_USE_MESSAGES || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
#if CH_USE_MESSAGES_PRIORITY
#define msg_insert(tp, qp) prio_insert(tp, qp)
#else
#define msg_insert(tp, qp) queue_insert(tp, qp)
#endif
/**
* @brief Sends a message to the specified thread.
* @details The sender is stopped until the receiver executes a
* @p chMsgRelease()after receiving the message.
*
* @param[in] tp the pointer to the thread
* @param[in] msg the message
* @return The answer message from @p chMsgRelease().
*
* @api
*/
msg_t chMsgSend(Thread *tp, msg_t msg) {
Thread *ctp = currp;
chDbgCheck(tp != NULL, "chMsgSend");
chSysLock();
ctp->p_msg = msg;
ctp->p_u.wtobjp = &tp->p_msgqueue;
msg_insert(ctp, &tp->p_msgqueue);
if (tp->p_state == THD_STATE_WTMSG)
chSchReadyI(tp);
chSchGoSleepS(THD_STATE_SNDMSGQ);
msg = ctp->p_u.rdymsg;
chSysUnlock();
return msg;
}
/**
* @brief Suspends the thread and waits for an incoming message.
* @post After receiving a message the function @p chMsgGet() must be
* called in order to retrieve the message and then @p chMsgRelease()
* must be invoked in order to acknowledge the reception and send
* the answer.
* @note If the message is a pointer then you can assume that the data
* pointed by the message is stable until you invoke @p chMsgRelease()
* because the sending thread is suspended until then.
*
* @return A reference to the thread carrying the message.
*
* @api
*/
Thread *chMsgWait(void) {
Thread *tp;
chSysLock();
if (!chMsgIsPendingI(currp))
chSchGoSleepS(THD_STATE_WTMSG);
tp = fifo_remove(&currp->p_msgqueue);
tp->p_state = THD_STATE_SNDMSG;
chSysUnlock();
return tp;
}
/**
* @brief Releases a sender thread specifying a response message.
* @pre Invoke this function only after a message has been received
* using @p chMsgWait().
*
* @param[in] tp pointer to the thread
* @param[in] msg message to be returned to the sender
*
* @api
*/
void chMsgRelease(Thread *tp, msg_t msg) {
chSysLock();
chDbgAssert(tp->p_state == THD_STATE_SNDMSG,
"chMsgRelease(), #1", "invalid state");
chMsgReleaseS(tp, msg);
chSysUnlock();
}
#endif /* CH_USE_MESSAGES */
/** @} */