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Task Manager Building a Mode and Mask

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5.2.10: Building a Mode and Mask

In general, a mode and its corresponding mask is built by a bitwise OR of the desired components. The set of valid mode constants and each mode's corresponding mask constant is listed below:

Mode Constant Mask Constant Description
RTEMS_PREEMPT RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK enables preemption
RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK disables preemption
RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK disables timeslicing
RTEMS_TIMESLICE RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK enables timeslicing
RTEMS_ASR RTEMS_ASR_MASK enables ASR processing
RTEMS_NO_ASR RTEMS_ASR_MASK disables ASR processing
RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(0) RTEMS_INTERRUPT_MASK enables all interrupts
RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(n) RTEMS_INTERRUPT_MASK sets interrupts level n

Mode values are specifically designed to be mutually exclusive, therefore bitwise OR and addition operations are equivalent as long as each mode appears exactly once in the component list. A mode component listed as a default is not required to appear in the mode component list, although it is a good programming practice to specify default components. If all defaults are desired, the mode RTEMS_DEFAULT_MODES and the mask RTEMS_ALL_MODE_MASKS should be used.

The following example demonstrates the mode and mask parameters used with the rtems_task_mode directive to place a task at interrupt level 3 and make it non-preemptible. The mode should be set to RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(3) | RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT to indicate the desired preemption mode and interrupt level, while the mask parameter should be set to RTEMS_INTERRUPT_MASK | RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT_MASK to indicate that the calling task's interrupt level and preemption mode are being altered.


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