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authorSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2012-10-02 16:13:00 +0200
committerSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2012-10-07 14:40:49 +0200
commit9b83a6654683d2f1f051533cdc41f39456303147 (patch)
tree96aeb75f7744b8e92e25494744766e2f534a1cbf /cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/imfs_rmnod.c
parentcb7b57e174d7a559af3ec910a99e0538cc9f99b7 (diff)
score: Critical fix for thread dispatching
The changes in _Thread_Dispatch() of commits dad36c52b8be5d7b46bc7af85655055db7208652 and d4dc7c8196355f08044e67a3f5c1e19485f17ff1 introduced a severe bug which destroys the real-time properties of RTEMS completely. Consider the following scenario. We have three tasks L (lowest priority), M (middle priority), and H (highest priority). Now let a thread dispatch from M to L happen. An interrupt occurs in _Thread_Dispatch() here: void _Thread_Dispatch( void ) { [...] post_switch: _ISR_Enable( level ); <-- INTERRUPT <-- AFTER INTERRUPT _Thread_Unnest_dispatch(); _API_extensions_Run_postswitch(); } The interrupt event makes task H ready. The interrupt code will see _Thread_Dispatch_disable_level > 0 and thus doesn't perform a _Thread_Dispatch(). Now we return to position "AFTER INTERRUPT". This means task L executes now although task H is ready! Task H will execute once someone calls _Thread_Dispatch().
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