The _THREAD_POLLING bit in thread_state was never actually a
legitimate thread "state". It is a clever synchronization trick
introduced to allow the thread to release the irq_lock while looping
over the input event array without dropping events.
Instead, make that flag a word in the "poller" struct that lives on
the stack of the thread calling k_poll. The disadvantage is the 4
bytes of thread space needed. Advantages:
+ Cleaner API, it's now internal to poll instead of being globally
visible.
+ The thread_state bit space is just one byte, and was almost full
already.
+ Smaller code to write/test a full word and not a bitfield
+ Words are atomic, so no need for one of irq lock/unlock pairs.
Signed-off-by: Andy Ross <andrew.j.ross@intel.com>
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