There was a lot of duplication between architectures for the definition
of threads and the "nanokernel" guts. These have been consolidated.
Now, a common file kernel/unified/include/kernel_structs.h holds the
common definitions. Architectures provide two files to complement it:
kernel_arch_data.h and kernel_arch_func.h. The first one contains at
least the struct _thread_arch and struct _kernel_arch data structures,
as well as the struct _callee_saved and struct _caller_saved register
layouts. The second file contains anything that needs what is provided
by the common stuff in kernel_structs.h. Those two files are only meant
to be included in kernel_structs.h in very specific locations.
The thread data structure has been separated into three major parts:
common struct _thread_base and struct k_thread, and arch-specific struct
_thread_arch. The first and third ones are included in the second.
The struct s_NANO data structure has been split into two: common struct
_kernel and arch-specific struct _kernel_arch. The latter is included in
the former.
Offsets files have also changed: nano_offsets.h has been renamed
kernel_offsets.h and is still included by the arch-specific offsets.c.
Also, since the thread and kernel data structures are now made of
sub-structures, offsets have to be added to make up the full offset.
Some of these additions have been consolidated in shorter symbols,
available from kernel/unified/include/offsets_short.h, which includes an
arch-specific offsets_arch_short.h. Most of the code include
offsets_short.h now instead of offsets.h.
Change-Id: I084645cb7e6db8db69aeaaf162963fe157045d5a
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Walsh <benjamin.walsh@windriver.com>
Summary of what this includes:
initialization:
Copy from nano_init.c, with the following changes:
- the main thread is the continuation of the init thread, but an idle
thread is created as well
- _main() initializes threads in groups and starts the EXE group
- the ready queues are initialized
- the main thread is marked as non-essential once the system init is
done
- a weak main() symbol is provided if the application does not provide a
main() function
scheduler:
Not an exhaustive list, but basically provide primitives for:
- adding/removing a thread to/from a wait queue
- adding/removing a thread to/from the ready queue
- marking thread as ready
- locking/unlocking the scheduler
- instead of locking interrupts
- getting/setting thread priority
- checking what state (coop/preempt) a thread is currenlty running in
- rescheduling threads
- finding what thread is the next to run
- yielding/sleeping/aborting sleep
- finding the current thread
threads:
- Add operationns on threads, such as creating and starting them.
standardized handling of kernel object return codes:
- Kernel objects now cause _Swap() to return the following values:
0 => operation successful
-EAGAIN => operation timed out
-Exxxxx => operation failed for another reason
- The thread's swap_data field can be used to return any additional
information required to complete the operation, such as the actual
result of a successful operation.
timeouts:
- same as nano timeouts, renamed to simply 'timeouts'
- the kernel is still tick-based, but objects take timeout values in
ms for forward compatibility with a tickless kernel.
semaphores:
- Port of the nanokernel semaphores, which have the same basic behaviour
as the microkernel ones. Semaphore groups are not yet implemented.
- These semaphores are enhanced in that they accept an initial count and a
count limit. This allows configuring them as binary semaphores, and also
provisioning them without having to "give" the semaphore multiple times
before using them.
mutexes:
- Straight port of the microkernel mutexes. An init function is added to
allow defining them at runtime.
pipes:
- straight port
timers:
- amalgamation of nano and micro timers, with all functionalities
intact.
events:
- re-implementation, using semaphores and workqueues.
mailboxes:
- straight port
message queues:
- straight port of microkernel FIFOs
memory maps:
- straight port
workqueues:
- Basically, have all APIs follow the k_ naming rule, and use the _timeout
subsystem from the unified kernel directory, and not the _nano_timeout
one.
stacks:
- Port of the nanokernel stacks. They can now have multiple threads
pending on them and threads can wait with a timeout.
LIFOs:
- Straight port of the nanokernel LIFOs.
FIFOs:
- Straight port of the nanokernel FIFOs.
Work by: Dmitriy Korovkin <dmitriy.korovkin@windriver.com>
Peter Mitsis <peter.mitsis@windriver.com>
Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Benjamin Walsh <benjamin.walsh@windriver.com>
Change-Id: Id3cadb3694484ab2ca467889cfb029be3cd3a7d6
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Walsh <benjamin.walsh@windriver.com>
Benjamin Walsh