nuttx/sched/sched_free.c

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

#include <queue.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include <nuttx/kmalloc.h>
#include <nuttx/arch.h>
#include <nuttx/wqueue.h>
#include "os_internal.h"

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 * Definitions
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/************************************************************************
 * Private Type Declarations
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/************************************************************************
 * Global Variables
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/************************************************************************
 * Private Variables
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 * Private Function Prototypes
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/************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
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/************************************************************************
 * Name: sched_ufree and sched_kfree
 *
 * Description:
 *   These function performs deallocations that the operating system may
 *   need to make.  This special interface to free is used in handling
 *   corner cases where the operating system may have to perform
 *   deallocations from within an interrupt handler.
 *
 ************************************************************************/

void sched_ufree(FAR void *address)
{
  irqstate_t flags;

  /* Check if this is an attempt to deallocate memory from an exception
   * handler.  If this function is called from the IDLE task, then we
   * must have exclusive access to the memory manager to do this.
   */

  if (up_interrupt_context() || kumm_trysemaphore() != 0)
    {
      /* Yes.. Make sure that this is not a attempt to free kernel memory
       * using the user deallocator.
       */

      flags = irqsave();
#if defined(CONFIG_NUTTX_KERNEL) && defined(CONFIG_MM_KERNEL_HEAP)
      DEBUGASSERT(!kmm_heapmember(address));
#endif

      /* Delay the deallocation until a more appropriate time. */

      sq_addlast((FAR sq_entry_t*)address, (sq_queue_t*)&g_delayed_kufree);

      /* Signal the worker thread that is has some clean up to do */

#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE
      work_signal(LPWORK);
#endif
      irqrestore(flags);
    }
  else
    {
      /* No.. just deallocate the memory now. */

      kufree(address);
      kumm_givesemaphore();
    }
}

#if defined(CONFIG_NUTTX_KERNEL) && defined(CONFIG_MM_KERNEL_HEAP)
void sched_kfree(FAR void *address)
{
  irqstate_t flags;

  /* Check if this is an attempt to deallocate memory from an exception
   * handler.  If this function is called from the IDLE task, then we
   * must have exclusive access to the memory manager to do this.
   */

  if (up_interrupt_context() || kmm_trysemaphore() != 0)
    {
      /* Yes.. Make sure that this is not a attempt to free user memory
       * using the kernel deallocator.
       */

      flags = irqsave();
      DEBUGASSERT(kmm_heapmember(address));

      /* Delay the deallocation until a more appropriate time. */

      sq_addlast((FAR sq_entry_t*)address, (sq_queue_t*)&g_delayed_kfree);

      /* Signal the worker thread that is has some clean up to do */

#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE
      work_signal(LPWORK);
#endif
      irqrestore(flags);
    }
  else
    {
      /* No.. just deallocate the memory now. */

      kfree(address);
      kmm_givesemaphore();
    }
}
#endif