Task Control Functions
[User API: Pico Layer]

Functions
POSEXTERN void	posTaskYield (void)
POSEXTERN void	posTaskSleep (UINT_t ticks)
POSEXTERN POSTASK_t	posTaskCreate (POSTASKFUNC_t funcptr, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority, void *stackstart)
POSEXTERN void	posInit (POSTASKFUNC_t firstfunc, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority, void *stackFirstTask, void *stackIdleTask)
POSEXTERN POSTASK_t	posTaskCreate (POSTASKFUNC_t funcptr, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority, UINT_t stacksize)
POSEXTERN void	posInit (POSTASKFUNC_t firstfunc, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority, UINT_t taskStackSize, UINT_t idleStackSize)
POSEXTERN POSTASK_t	posTaskCreate (POSTASKFUNC_t funcptr, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority)
POSEXTERN void	posInit (POSTASKFUNC_t firstfunc, void *funcarg, VAR_t priority)
POSEXTERN void	posTaskExit (void)
POSEXTERN POSTASK_t	posTaskGetCurrent (void)
POSEXTERN VAR_t	posTaskUnused (POSTASK_t taskhandle)
POSEXTERN VAR_t	posTaskSetPriority (POSTASK_t taskhandle, VAR_t priority)
POSEXTERN VAR_t	posTaskGetPriority (POSTASK_t taskhandle)
POSEXTERN void	posTaskSchedLock (void)
POSEXTERN void	posTaskSchedUnlock (void)
POSEXTERN void *	posTaskGetUserspace (void)
POSEXTERN POSIDLEFUNC_t	posInstallIdleTaskHook (POSIDLEFUNC_t idlefunc)

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Function Documentation

POSEXTERN void posInit (  POSTASKFUNC_t  firstfunc, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority )

Operating System Initialization. This function initializes the operating system and starts the first tasks: The idle task and the first user task. Parameters: firstfunc  pointer to the first task function that will run in the multitasking environment. funcarg  optional argument passed to the first task. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 2 to have this format of the function compiled in.

POSEXTERN void posInit (  POSTASKFUNC_t  firstfunc, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority, UINT_t  taskStackSize, UINT_t  idleStackSize )

Operating System Initialization. This function initializes the operating system and starts the first tasks: The idle task and the first user task. Parameters: firstfunc  pointer to the first task function that will run in the multitasking environment. funcarg  optional argument passed to the first task. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. taskStackSize  size of the stack memory for the first task. idleStackSize  size of the stack memory for the idle task. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 1 to have this format of the function compiled in.

POSEXTERN void posInit (  POSTASKFUNC_t  firstfunc, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority, void *  stackFirstTask, void *  stackIdleTask )

Operating System Initialization. This function initializes the operating system and starts the first tasks: The idle task and the first user task. Parameters: firstfunc  pointer to the first task function that will run in the multitasking environment. funcarg  optional argument passed to the first task. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. stackFirstTask  pointer to the stack memory for the first task. stackIdleTask  pointer to the stack memory for the idle task. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 0 to have this format of the function compiled in.

POSEXTERN POSIDLEFUNC_t posInstallIdleTaskHook (  POSIDLEFUNC_t  idlefunc  )

Task function. Install or remove an optional idle task hook function. The hook function is called every time the system is idle. It is possible to use this hook to implement your own idle task; in this case the function does not need to return to the system. You may insert a call to posTaskYield into your idle task loop to get a better task performance. Parameters: idlefunc  function pointer to the new idle task handler. If this parameter is set to NULL, the idle task function hook is removed again. Returns: This function may return a pointer to the last hook function set. If so (pointer is not NULL), the previous hook function should be called from within your idle task hook. This enables chaining of hook functions. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_IDLETASKHOOK must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in.

POSEXTERN POSTASK_t posTaskCreate (  POSTASKFUNC_t  funcptr, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority )

Task function. Creates a new task. The stack memory is fixed, its size is set by the architecture specific portion of the operating system. Parameters: funcptr  pointer to the function that shall be executed by the new task. funcarg  optional argument passed to function. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0.. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. Returns: handle to the task. NULL is returned when the task could not be created. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 2 to have this format of the function compiled in. See also: posTaskExit

POSEXTERN POSTASK_t posTaskCreate (  POSTASKFUNC_t  funcptr, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority, UINT_t  stacksize )

Task function. Creates a new task. The stack memory is managed by the achitecture specific portion of the operating system, the size can be set by the user. Parameters: funcptr  pointer to the function that shall be executed by the new task. funcarg  optional argument passed to function. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. stacksize  size of the stack memory. This parameter is passed to the architecture specific portion of the operating system. Returns: handle to the task. NULL is returned when the task could not be created. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 1 to have this format of the function compiled in. See also: posTaskExit

POSEXTERN POSTASK_t posTaskCreate (  POSTASKFUNC_t  funcptr, void *  funcarg, VAR_t  priority, void *  stackstart )

Task function. Creates a new task. The stack memory is managed by the user. Parameters: funcptr  pointer to the function that shall be executed by the new task. funcarg  optional argument passed to function. priority  task priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. stackstart  pointer to the stack memory for the new task. Returns: handle to the task. NULL is returned when the task could not be created. Note: POSCFG_TASKSTACKTYPE must be defined to 0 to have this format of the function compiled in. See also: posTaskExit

POSEXTERN void posTaskExit (  void   )

Task function. Terminate execution of a task. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_EXIT must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskCreate

POSEXTERN POSTASK_t posTaskGetCurrent (  void   )

Task function. Get the handle to the currently running task. Returns: the task handle. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_GETTASK must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskCreate, posTaskSetPriority

POSEXTERN VAR_t posTaskGetPriority (  POSTASK_t  taskhandle  )

Task function. Get the priority of a task. Parameters: taskhandle  handle to the task. Returns: the priority of the task. A negative value is returned on error. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_GETPRIORITY must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskSetPriority, posTaskGetCurrent, posTaskCreate

POSEXTERN void* posTaskGetUserspace (  void   )

Task function. Returns a pointer to the user memory in the current task control block. Note: POSCFG_TASKCB_USERSPACE must be defined to a nonzero value to have this function compiled in. POSCFG_TASKCB_USERSPACE is also used to set the size of the user memory (in bytes). Returns: pointer to user memory space.

POSEXTERN void posTaskSchedLock (  void   )

Task function. Locks the scheduler. When this function is called, no task switches will be done any more, until the counterpart function posTaskSchedUnlock is called. This function is usefull for short critical sections that require exclusive access to variables. Note that interrupts still remain enabled. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_INHIBITSCHED must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskSchedUnlock

POSEXTERN void posTaskSchedUnlock (  void   )

Task function. Unlocks the scheduler. This function is called to leave a critical section. If a context switch request is pending, the context switch will happen directly after calling this function. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_INHIBITSCHED must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskSchedLock

POSEXTERN VAR_t posTaskSetPriority (  POSTASK_t  taskhandle, VAR_t  priority )

Task function. Change the priority of a task. Note that in a non-roundrobin scheduling environment every priority level can only exist once. Parameters: taskhandle  handle to the task. priority  new priority. Must be in the range 0 .. POSCFG_MAX_PRIO_LEVEL - 1. The higher the number, the higher the priority. Returns: zero on success. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_SETPRIORITY must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskGetPriority, posTaskGetCurrent, posTaskCreate

POSEXTERN void posTaskSleep (  UINT_t  ticks  )

Task function. Delay task execution for a couple of timer ticks. Parameters: ticks  delay time in timer ticks (see HZ define and MS macro) Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_SLEEP must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. It is not guaranteed that the task will proceed execution exactly when the time has elapsed. A higher priorized task or a task having the same priority may steal the processing time. Sleeping a very short time is inaccurate. See also: posTaskYield, HZ, MS

POSEXTERN VAR_t posTaskUnused (  POSTASK_t  taskhandle  )

Task function. Tests if a task is yet in use by the operating system. This function can be used to test if a task has been fully terminated (and the stack memory is no more in use). Parameters: taskhandle  handle to the task. Returns: 1 (=true) when the task is unused. If the task is still in use, zero is returned. A negative value is returned on error. Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_TASKUNUSED must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskCreate, posTaskExit

POSEXTERN void posTaskYield (  void   )

Task function. This function can be called to give off processing time so other tasks ready to run will be scheduled (= cooparative multitasking). Note: POSCFG_FEATURE_YIELD must be defined to 1 to have this function compiled in. See also: posTaskSleep

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