On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:23:30 +0200, Philippe Gerum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Philippe Gerum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Philippe Gerum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>>>> Matthieu wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:32 +0200, "Gilles Chanteperdrix"
>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Gilles Chanteperdrix
>>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Matthieu
>>>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>  I think
>>>>>>>>> that VxWorks Task Control Block ,implemeted by  WIND RIVER, is
> keeping
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> context in hard real-time. That's why I would like to know if
> there are
>>>>>>>>> other possibilities ?
>>>>>>>> Yes, there are possibilities: fix your code not to use such
> internal
>>>>>>>> data as the WIND_TCB members.
>>>>>>> Even VxWorks documentation considers accessing WIND_TCB directly as
> a
>>>>>>> bad practice. See the doc of taskInfoGet at:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>
http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/~dixonc/vxworks/docs/vxworks/ref/taskShow.html
>>>>>>> So, what I would agree we can do is implement taskInfoGet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>  Gilles
>>>>>> Well, what a great issue for me...
>>>>>>
>>>>> The attached patch provides taskInfoGet(). Whether it does provide
> everything
>>>>> you need from the task information block is another issue, but at
> least, you
>>>>> would have the proper infrastructure to add the missing bits to.
>>>> You have been fast.
>>> I cheated: this code has been floating around on my disk for some time
> now.
>>>
>>>  One minor concern. The definition of TASK_DESC in
>>>> vxworks headers seems to be:
>>>>
>>>> typedef struct                        /* TASK_DESC - information
> structure */
>>>>     {
>>>>     int                       td_id;          /* task id */
>>>>     char *            td_name;        /* name of task */
>>>>     int                       td_priority;    /* task priority */
>>>>     int                       td_status;      /* task status */
>>>>     int                       td_options;     /* task option bits (see
> below) */
>>>>     FUNCPTR           td_entry;       /* original entry point of task
> */
>>>>     char *            td_sp;          /* saved stack pointer */
>>>>     char *            td_pStackBase;  /* the bottom of the stack */
>>>>     char *            td_pStackLimit; /* the effective end of the
> stack */
>>>>     char *            td_pStackEnd;   /* the actual end of the stack
> */
>>>>     int                       td_stackSize;   /* size of stack in
> bytes */
>>>>     int                       td_stackCurrent;/* current stack usage
> in bytes */
>>>>     int                       td_stackHigh;   /* maximum stack usage
> in bytes */
>>>>     int                       td_stackMargin; /* current stack margin
> in bytes */
>>>>     int                       td_errorStatus; /* most recent task
> error status */
>>>>     int                       td_delay;       /* delay/timeout ticks
> */
>>>>     } TASK_DESC;
>>>>
>>>>
>>> My concern is that this layout and naming might be arch-dependent
> and/or even
>>> WIND version dependent.
>>>
>>> Could any ppc and arm people with access to Tornado headers
> confirm/refute this
>>> assumption? TIA,
>>
>> Found it here:
>>
>
http://rts-lab.eas.asu.edu/NSF_EI/courses/cse591_RTES/document/reference_document/vxworks_taskLib.h
>>
> 
> The arch-dependent part of this "generic kernel interface header" (eh...)
> does
> not look like including the TASK_DESC stuff and moreover, this seems to
be
> based
> on VxWorks 5.4 which is our reference version too, so I agree, we should
> probably comply with their naming as well.
> 
> --
> Philippe.

It's a great pleasure to work with people having such a reactivity and
efficiency.

Do I patch my kernel now or would you operate for some modifications before
?

Matthieu




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