/** * \file * * * \brief IPC signals implementation. * * Signals are a low-level IPC primitive. A process receives a signal * when some external event has happened. Like interrupt requests, * signals do not carry any additional information. If processing a * specific event requires additional data, the process must obtain it * through some other mechanism. * * Despite the name, one shouldn't confuse these signals with POSIX * signals. POSIX signals are usually executed synchronously, like * software interrupts. * * Signals are very low overhead. Using them exclusively to wait * for multiple asynchronous events results in very simple dispatch * logic with low processor and resource usage. * * The "event" module is a higher-level interface that can optionally * deliver signals to processes. Messages provide even higher-level * IPC services built on signals. Semaphore arbitration is also * implemented using signals. * * In this implementation, each process has a limited set of signal * bits (usually 32) and can wait for multiple signals at the same * time using sig_wait(). Signals can also be polled using sig_check(), * but a process spinning on its signals usually defeats their purpose * of providing a multitasking-friendly infrastructure for event-driven * applications. * * Signals are like flags: they are either active or inactive. After an * external event has delivered a particular signal, it remains raised until * the process acknowledges it using either sig_wait() or sig_check(). * Counting signals is not a reliable way to count how many times a * particular event has occurred, because the same signal may be * delivered twice before the process can notice. * * Signals can be delivered synchronously via sig_send() or asynchronously via * sig_post(). * * In the synchronous case the process is awakened if it was waiting for any * signal and immediately dispatched for execution via a direct context switch, * if its priority is greater than the running process. * *
 * - Synchronous-signal delivery:
 *
 *     [P1]____sig_send()____proc_wakeup()____[P2]
 * 
* * In the asynchronous case, the process is scheduled for execution as a * consequence of the delivery, but it will be dispatched by the scheduler as * usual, according to the scheduling policy. * *
 * - Asynchronous-signal delivery:
 *
 *     [P1]____sig_post()____[P1]____proc_schedule()____[P2]
 * 
* * In this way, any execution context, including an interrupt handler, can * deliver a signal to a process. However, synchronous signal delivery from a * non-sleepable context (like an interrupt handler) is forbidden in order to * avoid potential deadlock conditions. Instead, sig_post() can be used from * any context, expecially from interrupt context or when the preemption is * disabled. * * Multiple independent signals may be delivered at once with a single * invocation of sig_send() or sig_post(), although this is rarely useful. * * \section signal_allocation Signal Allocation * * There's no hardcoded mapping of specific events to signal bits. * The meaning of a particular signal bit is defined by an agreement * between the delivering entity and the receiving process. * For instance, a terminal driver may be designed to deliver * a signal bit called SIG_INT when it reads the CTRL-C sequence * from the keyboard, and a process may react to it by quitting. * * \section sig_single SIG_SINGLE * * The SIG_SINGLE bit is reserved as a convenient shortcut in those * simple scenarios where a process needs to wait on just one event * synchronously. By using SIG_SINGLE, there's no need to allocate * a specific signal from the free pool. The constraints for safely * accessing SIG_SINGLE are: * - The process MUST sig_wait() exclusively on SIG_SINGLE * - SIG_SIGNAL MUST NOT be left pending after use (sig_wait() will reset * it automatically) * - Do not sleep between starting the asynchronous task that will fire * SIG_SINGLE, and the call to sig_wait(). * - Do not call system functions that may implicitly sleep, such as * timer_delayTicks(). * * \author Bernie Innocenti */ #include "signal.h" #include "cfg/cfg_timer.h" #include #include #include #include #include #if CONFIG_KERN_SIGNALS // Check config dependencies CONFIG_DEPEND(CONFIG_KERN_SIGNALS, CONFIG_KERN); sigmask_t sig_waitSignal(Signal *s, sigmask_t sigs) { sigmask_t result; /* Sleeping with IRQs disabled or preemption forbidden is illegal */ IRQ_ASSERT_ENABLED(); ASSERT(proc_preemptAllowed()); /* * This is subtle: there's a race condition where a concurrent process * or an interrupt may call sig_send()/sig_post() to set a bit in * Process.sig_recv just after we have checked for it, but before we've * set Process.sig_wait to let them know we want to be awaken. * * In this case, we'd deadlock with the signal bit already set and the * process never being reinserted into the ready list. */ IRQ_DISABLE; /* Loop until we get at least one of the signals */ while (!(result = s->recv & sigs)) { /* * Tell "them" that we want to be awaken when any of these * signals arrives. */ s->wait = sigs; /* Go to sleep and proc_switch() to another process. */ proc_switch(); /* * When we come back here, the wait mask must have been * cleared by someone through sig_send()/sig_post(), and at * least one of the signals we were expecting must have been * delivered to us. */ ASSERT(!s->wait); ASSERT(s->recv & sigs); } /* Signals found: clear them and return */ s->recv &= ~sigs; IRQ_ENABLE; return result; } #if CONFIG_TIMER_EVENTS #include sigmask_t sig_waitTimeoutSignal(Signal *s, sigmask_t sigs, ticks_t timeout, Hook func, iptr_t data) { Timer t; sigmask_t res; cpu_flags_t flags; ASSERT(!sig_checkSignal(s, SIG_TIMEOUT)); ASSERT(!(sigs & SIG_TIMEOUT)); /* IRQ are needed to run timer */ ASSERT(IRQ_ENABLED()); if (func) timer_setSoftint(&t, func, data); else timer_set_event_signal(&t, proc_current(), SIG_TIMEOUT); timer_setDelay(&t, timeout); timer_add(&t); res = sig_waitSignal(s, SIG_TIMEOUT | sigs); IRQ_SAVE_DISABLE(flags); /* Remove timer if sigs occur before timer signal */ if (!(res & SIG_TIMEOUT) && !sig_checkSignal(s, SIG_TIMEOUT)) timer_abort(&t); IRQ_RESTORE(flags); return res; } #endif // CONFIG_TIMER_EVENTS INLINE void __sig_signal(Signal *s, Process *proc, sigmask_t sigs, bool wakeup) { cpu_flags_t flags; IRQ_SAVE_DISABLE(flags); /* Set the signals */ s->recv |= sigs; /* Check if process needs to be awoken */ if (s->recv & s->wait) { ASSERT(proc != current_process); s->wait = 0; if (wakeup) proc_wakeup(proc); else SCHED_ENQUEUE_HEAD(proc); } IRQ_RESTORE(flags); } void sig_sendSignal(Signal *s, Process *proc, sigmask_t sigs) { ASSERT_USER_CONTEXT(); IRQ_ASSERT_ENABLED(); ASSERT(proc_preemptAllowed()); __sig_signal(s, proc, sigs, true); } void sig_postSignal(Signal *s, Process *proc, sigmask_t sigs) { __sig_signal(s, proc, sigs, false); } #endif /* CONFIG_KERN_SIGNALS */