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RIOT/core/include/msg.h
2013-10-28 12:57:05 +01:00

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/**
* There are two ways to use the IPC Messaging system of RIOT. The default is synchronous
* messaging. In this manner, messages are either dropped when the receiver is not waiting and the
* message was sent non-blocking, or will be delivered immediately when the receiver calls
* msg_receive(msg_t* m). To use asynchronous messaging any thread can create its own queue by
* calling msg_init_queue(msg_t* array, int num). Messages sent to a thread with a non full message
* queue are never dropped and the sending never blocks. Threads with a full message queue behaves
* like in synchronous mode.
*
* @defgroup kernel_msg Messaging / IPC
* @ingroup kernel
* @{
*/
/**
* @file
* @author Freie Universität Berlin, Computer Systems & Telematics
* @author Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
*/
#ifndef __MSG_H
#define __MSG_H
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#define MESSAGE_SENT 1
#define MESSAGE_PROCESS_NOT_WAITING 0
#define MESSAGE_PROCESS_UNKNOWN 2
/**
* @brief Describes a message object which can be sent between threads.
*
* User can set type and one of content.ptr and content.value. (content is a union)
* The meaning of type and the content fields is totally up to the user,
* the corresponding fields are never read by the kernel.
*
*/
typedef struct msg {
uint16_t sender_pid; ///< PID of sending thread. Will be filled in by msg_send
uint16_t type; ///< Type field.
union {
char *ptr; ///< pointer content field
uint32_t value; ///< value content field
} content;
} msg_t;
/**
* @brief Send a message.
*
* This function sends a message to another thread.
* The msg structure has to be allocated (e.g. on the stack)
* before calling the function and can be freed afterwards.
* If called from an interrupt, this function will never block.
*
* @param m Pointer to message structure
* @param target_pid PID of target thread
* @param block If true and receiver is not receive-blocked, function will block. If not, function
* returns.
*
* @return 1 if sending was successful (message delivered directly or to a queue)
* @return 0 if receiver is not waiting or has a full message queue and block == false
* @return -1 on error (invalid PID)
*/
int msg_send(msg_t *m, unsigned int target_pid, bool block);
/**
* @brief Send message from interrupt.
*
* Will be automatically chosen instead of msg_send if inISR() == true
*
* @param m pointer to message structure
* @param target_pid PID of target thread
*
* @return 1 if sending was successful
* @return 0 if receiver is not waiting and block == false
*/
int msg_send_int(msg_t *m, unsigned int target_pid);
/**
* @brief Receive a message.
*
* This function blocks until a message was received.
* @param m pointer to preallocated msg
*
* @return 1 Function always succeeds or blocks forever.
*/
int msg_receive(msg_t *m);
/**
* @brief Try to receive a message.
*
* This function does not block if no message can be received.
* @param m pointer to preallocated msg
*
* @return 1 if a message was received, -1 otherwise.
*/
int msg_try_receive(msg_t *m);
/**
* @brief Send a message, block until reply received.
*
* This function sends a message to target_pid and then blocks until target has sent a reply.
* @note CAUTION!Use this function only when receiver is already waiting. If not use simple msg_send()
* @param m pointer to preallocated msg
* @param reply pointer to preallocated msg. Reply will be written here.
* @param target pid the pid of the target process
* @return 1 if successful
*/
int msg_send_receive(msg_t *m, msg_t *reply, unsigned int target_pid);
/**
* @brief Replies to a message.
*
* Sender must have sent the message with msg_send_receive().
*
* @param m msg to reply to.
* @param reply message that target will get as reply
*
* @return 1 if successful
* @return 0 on error
*/
int msg_reply(msg_t *m, msg_t *reply);
/**
* @brief Initialize the current thread's message queue.
*
* @param array Pointer to preallocated array of msg objects
* @param num Number of msg objects in array. MUST BE POWER OF TWO!
*/
int msg_init_queue(msg_t *array, int num);
/** @} */
#endif /* __MSG_H */