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The only exceptions * are creation functions (which might fail due to lack of resources) and functions that * might timeout or fail due to lack of space. Errors that might be reported by the underlying * OS API (e.g. invalid mutex) are treated as a programming error, and are merely asserted on. * * \section thread_synch Threads and synchronisation * * \subsection thread Threads * * The thread API is somewhat different to that found in Nucleus. In particular, threads * cannot just be destroyed at arbitrary times and nor can they merely exit. This is so * that the same API can be implemented across all interesting platforms without too much * difficulty. See vcos_thread.h for details. Thread attributes are configured via * the VCOS_THREAD_ATTR_T structure, found in vcos_thread_attr.h. * * \subsection sema Semaphores * * Counted semaphores (c.f. Nucleus NU_SEMAPHORE) are created with VCOS_SEMAPHORE_T. * Under ThreadX on VideoCore, semaphores are implemented using VideoCore spinlocks, and * so are quite a lot faster than ordinary ThreadX semaphores. See vcos_semaphore.h. * * \subsection mtx Mutexes * * Mutexes are used for locking. Attempts to take a mutex twice, or to unlock it * in a different thread to the one in which it was locked should be expected to fail. * Mutexes are not re-entrant (see vcos_reentrant_mutex.h for a slightly slower * re-entrant mutex). * * \subsection evflags Event flags * * Event flags (the ThreadX name - also known as event groups under Nucleus) provide * 32 flags which can be waited on by multiple clients, and signalled by multiple clients. * A timeout can be specified. See vcos_event_flags.h. An alternative to this is the * VCOS_EVENT_T (see vcos_event.h) which is akin to the Win32 auto-reset event, or a * saturating counted semaphore. * * \subsection event Events * * A VCOS_EVENT_T is a bit like a saturating semaphore. No matter how many times it * is signalled, the waiter will only wake up once. See vcos_event.h. You might think this * is useful if you suspect that the cost of reading the semaphore count (perhaps via a * system call) is expensive on your platform. * * \subsection tls Thread local storage * * Thread local storage is supported using vcos_tls.h. This is emulated on Nucleus * and ThreadX. * * \section int Interrupts * * The legacy LISR/HISR scheme found in Nucleus is supported via the legacy ISR API, * which is also supported on ThreadX. New code should avoid this, and old code should * be migrated away from it, since it is slow. See vcos_legacy_isr.h. * * Registering an interrupt handler, and disabling/restoring interrupts, is handled * using the functions in vcos_isr.h. * */ /** * \file vcos.h * * This is the top level header file. Clients include this. It pulls in the platform-specific * header file (vcos_platform.h) together with header files defining the expected APIs, such * as vcos_mutex.h, vcos_semaphore.h, etc. It is also possible to include these header files * directly. * */ #ifndef VCOS_H #define VCOS_H #include "vcos_assert.h" #include "vcos_types.h" #include "pthreads/vcos_platform.h" #ifndef VCOS_INIT_H #include "vcos_init.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_SEMAPHORE_H #include "vcos_semaphore.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_THREAD_H #include "vcos_thread.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_MUTEX_H #include "vcos_mutex.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_MEM_H #include "vcos_mem.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_LOGGING_H #include "vcos_logging.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_STRING_H #include "vcos_string.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_EVENT_H #include "vcos_event.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_THREAD_ATTR_H #include "vcos_thread_attr.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_TLS_H #include "vcos_tls.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_REENTRANT_MUTEX_H #include "vcos_reentrant_mutex.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_NAMED_SEMAPHORE_H #include "vcos_named_semaphore.h" #endif #ifndef VCOS_QUICKSLOW_MUTEX_H #include "vcos_quickslow_mutex.h" #endif /* Headers with predicates */ #if VCOS_HAVE_EVENT_FLAGS #include "vcos_event_flags.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_QUEUE #include "vcos_queue.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_LEGACY_ISR #include "vcos_legacy_isr.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_TIMER #include "vcos_timer.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_MEMPOOL #include "vcos_mempool.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_ISR #include "vcos_isr.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_ATOMIC_FLAGS #include "vcos_atomic_flags.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_ONCE #include "vcos_once.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_BLOCK_POOL #include "vcos_blockpool.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_FILE #include "vcos_file.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_CFG #include "vcos_cfg.h" #endif #if VCOS_HAVE_CMD #include "vcos_cmd.h" #endif #endif /* VCOS_H */