pios_semaphore.h

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#ifndef PIOS_SEMAPHORE_H_
#define PIOS_SEMAPHORE_H_

#define PIOS_SEMAPHORE_TIMEOUT_MAX 0xffffffff

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

struct pios_semaphore;

/*
 * The following functions implement the concept of a binary semaphore usable
 * with PIOS_INCLUDE_CHIBIOS or PIOS_INCLUDE_IRQ.
 *
 * Note that this is not the same as:
 * - counting semaphore
 * - mutex
 * - recursive mutex
 *
 * see FreeRTOS documentation for details: http://www.freertos.org/a00113.html
 * see ChibiOS documentation for details: http://chibios.sourceforge.net/html/group__synchronization.html
 */

struct pios_semaphore *PIOS_Semaphore_Create(void);
bool PIOS_Semaphore_Take(struct pios_semaphore *sema, uint32_t timeout_ms);
bool PIOS_Semaphore_Give(struct pios_semaphore *sema);

bool PIOS_Semaphore_Take_FromISR(struct pios_semaphore *sema, bool *woken);
bool PIOS_Semaphore_Give_FromISR(struct pios_semaphore *sema, bool *woken);

#endif /* PIOS_SEMAPHORE_H_ */