sys/event: add event_sync()

sys/event/event.c

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "event.h"
 #include "clist.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 
 #if IS_USED(MODULE_XTIMER)
@@ -174,3 +175,27 @@ event_t *event_wait_timeout_ztimer(event_queue_t *queue,
     return result;
 }
 #endif
+
+typedef struct {
+    event_t ev;
+    mutex_t synced;
+} sync_ev_t;
+
+static void sync_ev_handler(event_t *ev)
+{
+    sync_ev_t *sync_ev = (sync_ev_t *)ev;
+    mutex_unlock(&sync_ev->synced);
+}
+
+void event_sync(event_queue_t *queue)
+{
+    /* if we're on the queue, this would block forever */
+    assert(!queue->waiter || queue->waiter->pid != thread_getpid());
+
+    sync_ev_t sync_ev = {
+        .ev.handler = sync_ev_handler,
+        .synced = MUTEX_INIT_LOCKED,
+    };
+    event_post(queue, &sync_ev.ev);
+    mutex_lock(&sync_ev.synced);
+}

sys/include/event.h

@@ -465,6 +465,27 @@ static inline void event_loop(event_queue_t *queue)
     event_loop_multi(queue, 1);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Synchronize with the last event on the queue
+ *
+ * Blocks until the last event on the queue at the moment of calling this is
+ * processed.
+ *
+ * @warning May not be called from the event queue, as it would block forever.
+ * @warning If the queue has no waiter, this will block until the queue is
+ *          claimed. See @ref event_queue_claim()
+ *
+ * @param[in] queue event queue to sync with
+ *
+ * Usage example:
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.c}
+ * event_post(queue, my_event);
+ * // When event_sync() returns, my_event will have been processed.
+ * event_sync(queue);
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+void event_sync(event_queue_t *queue);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

tests/sys/events/main.c

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #define STACKSIZE               THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT
-#define PRIO                    (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 1)
+/* in order to actually test @ref event_sync(), the waiter's prio should be lower
+ * than main s.t. it doesn't start executing right after events are enqueued */
+#define PRIO                    (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN + 1)
 #define DELAYED_QUEUES_NUMOF    2
 
 static char stack[STACKSIZE];
@@ -164,6 +166,9 @@ int main(void)
     event_queue_init_detached(&dqs[0]);
     event_queue_init_detached(&dqs[1]);
 
+    printf("running thread that will claim event queues %p\n", (void *)&dqs);
+    thread_create(stack, sizeof(stack), PRIO, 0, claiming_thread, dqs, "ct");
+
     printf("posting %p to delayed queue at index 1\n", (void *)&delayed_event1);
     event_post(&dqs[1], &delayed_event1);
     printf("posting %p to delayed queue at index 1\n", (void *)&delayed_event2);
@@ -171,8 +176,9 @@ int main(void)
     printf("posting %p to delayed queue at index 0\n", (void *)&delayed_event3);
     event_post(&dqs[0], &delayed_event3);
 
-    printf("running thread that will claim event queues %p\n", (void *)&dqs);
-    thread_create(stack, sizeof(stack), PRIO, 0, claiming_thread, dqs, "ct");
+    event_sync(&dqs[1]);
+    expect(order == 3);
+    printf("synced with %p\n", (void *)&delayed_event3);
 
     /* test posting different kind of events in order to a statically
      * initialized queue */