RTEMS 4.8.0 On-Line Library

Signal Manager Building an ASR Mode

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12.2.4: Building an ASR Mode

In general, an ASR's mode is built by a bitwise OR of the desired mode components. The set of valid mode components is the same as those allowed with the task_create and task_mode directives. A complete list of mode options is provided in the following table:

RTEMS_PREEMPT is masked by RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK and enables preemption
RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT is masked by RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK and disables preemption
RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE is masked by RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK and disables timeslicing
RTEMS_TIMESLICE is masked by RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK and enables timeslicing
RTEMS_ASR is masked by RTEMS_ASR_MASK and enables ASR processing
RTEMS_NO_ASR is masked by RTEMS_ASR_MASK and disables ASR processing
RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(0) is masked by RTEMS_INTERRUPT_MASK and enables all interrupts
RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(n) is masked by RTEMS_INTERRUPT_MASK and 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 list, although it is a good programming practice to specify default components. If all defaults are desired, the mode DEFAULT_MODES should be specified on this call.

This example demonstrates the mode parameter used with the rtems_signal_catch to establish an ASR which executes at interrupt level three and is non-preemptible. The mode should be set to RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(3) | RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT to indicate the desired processor mode and interrupt level.

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