/**************************************************************************** * sched/pthread/pthread_condsignal.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 "pthread/pthread.h" /**************************************************************************** * Public Functions ****************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * Name: pthread_cond_signal * * Description: * A thread can signal on a condition variable. * * Input Parameters: * None * * Returned Value: * None * * Assumptions: * ****************************************************************************/ int pthread_cond_signal(FAR pthread_cond_t *cond) { int ret = OK; int sval; sinfo("cond=%p\n", cond); if (!cond) { ret = EINVAL; } else { /* Get the current value of the semaphore */ if (nxsem_get_value(&cond->sem, &sval) != OK) { ret = EINVAL; } /* If the value is less than zero (meaning that one or more * thread is waiting), then post the condition semaphore. * Only the highest priority waiting thread will get to execute */ else { /* One of my objectives in this design was to make * pthread_cond_signal() usable from interrupt handlers. However, * from interrupt handlers, you cannot take the associated mutex * before signaling the condition. As a result, I think that * there could be a race condition with the following logic which * assumes that the if sval < 0 then the thread is waiting. * Without the mutex, there is no atomic, protected operation that * will guarantee this to be so. */ sinfo("sval=%d\n", sval); if (sval < 0) { sinfo("Signalling...\n"); ret = pthread_sem_give(&cond->sem); } } } sinfo("Returning %d\n", ret); return ret; }