nuttx/sched/task/task_delete.c

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

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <nuttx/sched.h>

#include "sched/sched.h"
#include "task/task.h"

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 * Public Functions
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: task_delete
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function causes a specified task to cease to exist. Its  stack and
 *   TCB will be deallocated.  This function is the companion to task_create().
 *   This is the version of the function exposed to the user; it is simply
 *   a wrapper around the internal, task_terminate function.
 *
 *   The logic in this function only deletes non-running tasks.  If the 'pid'
 *   parameter refers to to the currently runing task, then processing is
 *   redirected to exit().  This can only happen if a task calls task_delete()
 *   in order to delete itself.
 *
 *   In fact, this function (and task_terminate) are the final functions
 *   called all task termination sequences.  task_delete may be called
 *   from:
 *
 *   - task_restart(),
 *   - pthread_cancel(),
 *   - and directly from user code.
 *
 *   Other exit paths (exit(), _eixt(), and pthread_exit()) will go through
 *   task_terminate()
 *
 * Inputs:
 *   pid - The task ID of the task to delete.  A pid of zero
 *         signifies the calling task.
 *
 * Return Value:
 *   OK on success; or ERROR on failure
 *
 *   This function can fail if the provided pid does not correspond to a
 *   task (errno is not set)
 *
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int task_delete(pid_t pid)
{
  FAR struct tcb_s *rtcb;

  /* Check if the task to delete is the calling task */

  rtcb = this_task();
  if (pid == 0 || pid == rtcb->pid)
    {
      /* If it is, then what we really wanted to do was exit. Note that we
       * don't bother to unlock the TCB since it will be going away.
       */

      exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
    }

  /* Then let task_terminate do the heavy lifting */

  return task_terminate(pid, false);
}