incubator-nuttx/sched/pthread/pthread_condsignal.c

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/****************************************************************************
* sched/pthread/pthread_condsignal.c
*
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/****************************************************************************
* Included Files
****************************************************************************/
#include <nuttx/config.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <debug.h>
#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;
}