pthread_condsignal.c

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 * Included Files
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#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <debug.h>

#include "pthread/pthread.h"

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 * Definitions
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 * Private Type Declarations
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 * Global Variables
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 * Private Variables
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 * Private Functions
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 * Public Functions
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: pthread_cond_signal
 *
 * Description:
 *    A thread can signal on a condition variable.
 *
 * Parameters:
 *   None
 *
 * Return Value:
 *   None
 *
 * Assumptions:
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int pthread_cond_signal(FAR pthread_cond_t *cond)
{
  int ret = OK;
  int sval;

  sdbg("cond=0x%p\n", cond);

  if (!cond)
    {
      ret = EINVAL;
    }
  else
    {
      /* Get the current value of the semaphore */

      if (sem_getvalue((sem_t*)&cond->sem, &sval) != OK)
        {
          ret = EINVAL;
        }

      /* If the value is less than zero (meaning that one or more
       * thread is waiting), then post the condition semaphore.
       * Only the highest priority waiting thread will get to execute
       */

      else
        {
          /* One of my objectives in this design was to make pthread_cond_signal
           * usable from interrupt handlers.  However, from interrupt handlers,
           * you cannot take the associated mutex before signaling the condition.
           * As a result, I think that there could be a race condition with
           * the following logic which assumes that the if sval < 0 then the
           * thread is waiting.  Without the mutex, there is no atomic, protected
           * operation that will guarantee this to be so.
           */

          sdbg("sval=%d\n", sval);
          if (sval < 0)
            {
              sdbg("Signalling...\n");
              ret = pthread_givesemaphore((sem_t*)&cond->sem);
            }
        }
    }

  sdbg("Returning %d\n", ret);
  return ret;
}