0c7b04bd3a
...and don't stop SysTick at all in the eAbortSleep case.
Prior to this commit, if vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep() happens to stop
the SysTick on zero, then after tickless idle ends, xTickCount advances
one full tick more than the time that actually elapsed as measured by
the SysTick. See "bug 1" in this forum post:
https://forums.freertos.org/t/ultasknotifytake-timeout-accuracy/9629/40
SysTick
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The SysTick is the hardware timer that provides the OS tick interrupt
in the official ports for Cortex M. SysTick starts counting down from
the value stored in its reload register. When SysTick reaches zero, it
requests an interrupt. On the next SysTick clock cycle, it loads the
counter again from the reload register. To get periodic interrupts
every N SysTick clock cycles, the reload register must be N - 1.
Bug Example
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- Idle task calls vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep(xExpectedIdleTime = 2).
[Doesn't have to be "2" -- could be any number.]
- vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep() stops SysTick, and the current-count
register happens to stop on zero.
- SysTick ISR executes, setting xPendedTicks = 1
- vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep() masks interrupts and calls
eTaskConfirmSleepModeStatus() which confirms the sleep operation. ***
- vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep() configures SysTick for 1 full tick
(xExpectedIdleTime - 1) plus the current-count register (which is 0)
- One tick period elapses in sleep.
- SysTick wakes CPU, ISR executes and increments xPendedTicks to 2.
- vPortSuppressTicksAndSleep() calls vTaskStepTick(1), then returns.
- Idle task resumes scheduler, which increments xTickCount twice (for
xPendedTicks = 2)
In the end, two ticks elapsed as measured by SysTick, but the code
increments xTickCount three times. The root cause is that the code
assumes the SysTick current-count register always contains the number of
SysTick counts remaining in the current tick period. However, when the
current-count register is zero, there are ulTimerCountsForOneTick
counts remaining, not zero. This error is not the kind of time slippage
normally associated with tickless idle.
*** Note that a recent commit
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| .github | ||
| include | ||
| portable | ||
| CONTRIBUTING.md | ||
| croutine.c | ||
| event_groups.c | ||
| GitHub-FreeRTOS-Kernel-Home.url | ||
| History.txt | ||
| LICENSE.md | ||
| list.c | ||
| queue.c | ||
| Quick_Start_Guide.url | ||
| README.md | ||
| SECURITY.md | ||
| stream_buffer.c | ||
| tasks.c | ||
| timers.c | ||
Getting started
This repository contains FreeRTOS kernel source/header files and kernel ports only. This repository is referenced as a submodule in FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS repository, which contains pre-configured demo application projects under FreeRTOS/Demo directory.
The easiest way to use FreeRTOS is to start with one of the pre-configured demo application projects. That way you will have the correct FreeRTOS source files included, and the correct include paths configured. Once a demo application is building and executing you can remove the demo application files, and start to add in your own application source files. See the FreeRTOS Kernel Quick Start Guide for detailed instructions and other useful links.
Additionally, for FreeRTOS kernel feature information refer to the Developer Documentation, and API Reference.
Getting help
If you have any questions or need assistance troubleshooting your FreeRTOS project, we have an active community that can help on the FreeRTOS Community Support Forum.
Cloning this repository
To clone using HTTPS:
git clone https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel.git
Using SSH:
git clone git@github.com:FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel.git
Repository structure
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The root of this repository contains the three files that are common to every port - list.c, queue.c and tasks.c. The kernel is contained within these three files. croutine.c implements the optional co-routine functionality - which is normally only used on very memory limited systems.
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The
./portabledirectory contains the files that are specific to a particular microcontroller and/or compiler. See the readme file in the./portabledirectory for more information. -
The
./includedirectory contains the real time kernel header files.