/**************************************************************************** * sched/task/task_getppid.c * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Included Files ****************************************************************************/ #include #include #include #include #include "sched/sched.h" #include "task/task.h" /**************************************************************************** * Public Functions ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Name: getppid * * Description: * Get the parent task ID of the currently executing task. * * Input parameters: * None * * Returned Value: * Normally when called from user applications, getppid() will return the * parent task ID of the currently executing task, that is, the task at the * head of the ready-to-run list. There is no specification for any errors * returned from getppid(). * * getppid(), however, may be called from within the OS in some cases. * There are certain situations during context switching when the OS data * structures are in flux and where the current task at the head of the * ready-to-run task list is not actually running. In that case, * getppid() will return the error: -ESRCH * ****************************************************************************/ pid_t getppid(void) { FAR struct tcb_s *rtcb; /* Get the TCB at the head of the ready-to-run task list. That * will usually be the currently executing task. There is are two * exceptions to this: * * 1. Early in the start-up sequence, the ready-to-run list may be * empty! In this case, of course, the CPU0 start-up/IDLE thread with * pid == 0 must be running, and * 2. As described above, during certain context-switching conditions the * task at the head of the ready-to-run list may not actually be * running. */ rtcb = this_task(); if (rtcb != NULL) { /* Check if the task is actually running */ if (rtcb->task_state == TSTATE_TASK_RUNNING) { /* Yes.. Return the parent task ID from the TCB at the head of the * ready-to-run task list */ return rtcb->group->tg_ppid; } /* No.. return -ESRCH to indicate this condition */ return (pid_t)-ESRCH; } /* We must have been called earlier in the start up sequence from the * start-up/IDLE thread before the ready-to-run list has been initialized. */ return (pid_t)0; }