/**************************************************************************** * include/nuttx/kthread.h * Non-standard, NuttX-specific kernel thread-related declarations. * * 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. * ****************************************************************************/ #ifndef __INCLUDE_NUTTX_KTHREAD_H #define __INCLUDE_NUTTX_KTHREAD_H /**************************************************************************** * Included Files ****************************************************************************/ #include #include /**************************************************************************** * Pre-processor Definitions ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Public Data ****************************************************************************/ #ifdef __cplusplus #define EXTERN extern "C" extern "C" { #else #define EXTERN extern #endif /**************************************************************************** * Public Function Prototypes ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Name: nxtask_create * * Description: * This function creates and activates a new user task with a specified * priority and returns its system-assigned ID. * * The entry address entry is the address of the "main" function of the * task. This function will be called once the C environment has been * set up. The specified function will be called with four arguments. * Should the specified routine return, a call to exit() will * automatically be made. * * Note that four (and only four) arguments must be passed for the spawned * functions. * * nxtask_create() is identical to the function task_create(), differing * only in its return value: This function does not modify the errno * variable. This is a non-standard, internal OS function and is not * intended for use by application logic. Applications should use * task_create(). * * Input Parameters: * name - Name of the new task * priority - Priority of the new task * stack_size - size (in bytes) of the stack needed * entry - Entry point of a new task * arg - A pointer to an array of input parameters. The array * should be terminated with a NULL argv[] value. If no * parameters are required, argv may be NULL. * * Returned Value: * Returns the positive, non-zero process ID of the new task or a negated * errno value to indicate the nature of any failure. If memory is * insufficient or the task cannot be created -ENOMEM will be returned. * ****************************************************************************/ int nxtask_create(FAR const char *name, int priority, int stack_size, main_t entry, FAR char * const argv[]); /**************************************************************************** * Name: kthread_create * * Description: * This function creates and activates a kernel thread task with * kernel-mode privileges. It is identical to task_create() except * that it configures the newly started thread to run in kernel model. * * Input Parameters: * name - Name of the new task * priority - Priority of the new task * stack_size - size (in bytes) of the stack needed * entry - Entry point of a new task * arg - A pointer to an array of input parameters. The array * should be terminated with a NULL argv[] value. If no * parameters are required, argv may be NULL. * * Returned Value: * Returns the positive, non-zero process ID of the new task or a negated * errno value to indicate the nature of any failure. If memory is * insufficient or the task cannot be created -ENOMEM will be returned. * ****************************************************************************/ int kthread_create(FAR const char *name, int priority, int stack_size, main_t entry, FAR char * const argv[]); /**************************************************************************** * Name: kthread_delete * * Description: * This function will terminate a kernel thread. At present, this * function is equivalent to task_delete.c; the following definition * simply reserves the name in the name space. * * Refer to comments with task_delete() for a more detailed description of * the operation of this function. * * Input Parameters: * pid - The task ID of the task to delete. A pid of zero * signifies the calling task. * * Returned Value: * OK on success; or ERROR on failure with the errno variable set * appropriately. * ****************************************************************************/ #define kthread_delete(p) task_delete(p) #undef EXTERN #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* __INCLUDE_NUTTX_KTHREAD_H */