nuttx/sched/task/task_start.c

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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <debug.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <nuttx/arch.h>
#include <nuttx/sched.h>

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

/****************************************************************************
 * Pre-processor Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/* This is an artificial limit to detect error conditions where an argv[]
 * list is not properly terminated.
 */

#define MAX_START_ARGS 256

/****************************************************************************
 * Private Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: nxtask_start
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function is the low level entry point into the main thread of
 *   execution of a task.  It receives initial control when the task is
 *   started and calls main entry point of the newly started task.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   None
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void nxtask_start(void)
{
  FAR struct task_tcb_s *tcb = (FAR struct task_tcb_s *)this_task();
  int exitcode = EXIT_FAILURE;
  int argc;

  DEBUGASSERT((tcb->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK) != \
              TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_PTHREAD);

#ifdef CONFIG_SIG_DEFAULT
  /* Set up default signal actions */

  nxsig_default_initialize(&tcb->cmn);
#endif

  /* Execute the start hook if one has been registered */

#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_STARTHOOK
  if (tcb->starthook != NULL)
    {
      tcb->starthook(tcb->starthookarg);
    }
#endif

  /* Count how many non-null arguments we are passing. The first non-null
   * argument terminates the list .
   */

  argc = 1;
  while (tcb->argv[argc])
    {
      /* Increment the number of args.  Here is a sanity check to
       * prevent running away with an unterminated argv[] list.
       * MAX_START_ARGS should be sufficiently large that this never
       * happens in normal usage.
       */

      if (++argc > MAX_START_ARGS)
        {
          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

  /* Call the 'main' entry point passing argc and argv.  In the kernel build
   * this has to be handled differently if we are starting a user-space task;
   * we have to switch to user-mode before calling the task.
   */

  if ((tcb->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK) == TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_KERNEL)
    {
      exitcode = tcb->cmn.entry.main(argc, tcb->argv);
    }
  else
    {
#ifdef CONFIG_BUILD_FLAT
      nxtask_startup(tcb->cmn.entry.main, argc, tcb->argv);
#else
      up_task_start(tcb->cmn.entry.main, argc, tcb->argv);
#endif
    }

  /* Call exit() if/when the task returns */

  exit(exitcode);
}