Fixes#1708.
Currently involuntary preemption causes the current thread not only to
yield for a higher prioritized thread, but all other threads of its own
priority class, too.
This PR adds the function `thread_yield_higher()`, which will yield the
current thread in favor of higher prioritized functions, but not for
threads of its own priority class.
Boards now need to implement `thread_yield_higher()` instead of
`thread_yield()`, but `COREIF_NG` boards are not affected in any way.
`thread_yield()` retains its old meaning: yield for every thread that
has the same or a higher priority.
This PR does not touch the occurrences of `thread_yield()` in the periph
drivers, because the author of this PR did not look into the logic of
the various driver implementations.
and added `UNREACHABLE();` to hint the compiler unreachable lines
added right signature for first parameter of `thread_stack_init()`
added `UNREACHABLE();` macro to `cpu/lpc1768/atom.c` and `cpu/msp430-common/cpu.c`
Change from `void reboot(void)` to `int reboot(int mode)`.
Move reboot definition to core, rename architecture implementations
from reboot to reboot_arch.
Declare reboot mode(s) in kernel.h, reboot_arch in kernel_internal.h
Currently only one reboot mode is handled, its use is enforced.
Rationale:
A reboot function is already defined in <unistd.h> on BSD systems.
(See: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=reboot&sektion=2)
This patch not only allows native to build sensibly on these systems
but also streamlines RIOTs compatability with existing software.
stack_start used to be stack_start + stack_size, so re-setting stk to stack_start would set the pointer to the *end* of the stack instead of the beginning.
