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-Semaphore Manager
-#################
-
-.. index:: semaphores
-.. index:: binary semaphores
-.. index:: counting semaphores
-.. index:: mutual exclusion
-
-Introduction
-============
-
-The semaphore manager utilizes standard Dijkstra
-counting semaphores to provide synchronization and mutual
-exclusion capabilities. The directives provided by the
-semaphore manager are:
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_create`` - Create a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_ident`` - Get ID of a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_delete`` - Delete a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` - Acquire a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_release`` - Release a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_flush`` - Unblock all tasks waiting on a semaphore
-
-- ``rtems.semaphore_set_priority`` - Set priority by
- scheduler for a semaphore
-
-Background
-==========
-
-A semaphore can be viewed as a protected variable
-whose value can be modified only with the``rtems.semaphore_create``,``rtems.semaphore_obtain``, and``rtems.semaphore_release`` directives. RTEMS
-supports both binary and counting semaphores. A binary semaphore
-is restricted to values of zero or one, while a counting
-semaphore can assume any non-negative integer value.
-
-A binary semaphore can be used to control access to a
-single resource. In particular, it can be used to enforce
-mutual exclusion for a critical section in user code. In this
-instance, the semaphore would be created with an initial count
-of one to indicate that no task is executing the critical
-section of code. Upon entry to the critical section, a task
-must issue the ``rtems.semaphore_obtain``
-directive to prevent other tasks from entering the critical section.
-Upon exit from the critical section, the task must issue the``rtems.semaphore_release`` directive to
-allow another task to execute the critical section.
-
-A counting semaphore can be used to control access to
-a pool of two or more resources. For example, access to three
-printers could be administered by a semaphore created with an
-initial count of three. When a task requires access to one of
-the printers, it issues the ``rtems.semaphore_obtain``
-directive to obtain access to a printer. If a printer is not currently
-available, the task can wait for a printer to become available or return
-immediately. When the task has completed printing, it should
-issue the ``rtems.semaphore_release``
-directive to allow other tasks access to the printer.
-
-Task synchronization may be achieved by creating a
-semaphore with an initial count of zero. One task waits for the
-arrival of another task by issuing a ``rtems.semaphore_obtain``
-directive when it reaches a synchronization point. The other task
-performs a corresponding ``rtems.semaphore_release``
-operation when it reaches its synchronization point, thus unblocking
-the pending task.
-
-Nested Resource Access
-----------------------
-
-Deadlock occurs when a task owning a binary semaphore
-attempts to acquire that same semaphore and blocks as result.
-Since the semaphore is allocated to a task, it cannot be
-deleted. Therefore, the task that currently holds the semaphore
-and is also blocked waiting for that semaphore will never
-execute again.
-
-RTEMS addresses this problem by allowing the task
-holding the binary semaphore to obtain the same binary semaphore
-multiple times in a nested manner. Each``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` must be accompanied with a``rtems.semaphore_release``. The semaphore will
-only be made available for acquisition by other tasks when the
-outermost ``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` is matched with
-a ``rtems.semaphore_release``.
-
-Simple binary semaphores do not allow nested access and so can be used for task synchronization.
-
-Priority Inversion
-------------------
-
-Priority inversion is a form of indefinite
-postponement which is common in multitasking, preemptive
-executives with shared resources. Priority inversion occurs
-when a high priority tasks requests access to shared resource
-which is currently allocated to low priority task. The high
-priority task must block until the low priority task releases
-the resource. This problem is exacerbated when the low priority
-task is prevented from executing by one or more medium priority
-tasks. Because the low priority task is not executing, it
-cannot complete its interaction with the resource and release
-that resource. The high priority task is effectively prevented
-from executing by lower priority tasks.
-
-
-Priority Inheritance
---------------------
-
-Priority inheritance is an algorithm that calls for
-the lower priority task holding a resource to have its priority
-increased to that of the highest priority task blocked waiting
-for that resource. Each time a task blocks attempting to obtain
-the resource, the task holding the resource may have its
-priority increased.
-
-On SMP configurations, in case the task holding the resource and the task that
-blocks attempting to obtain the resource are in different scheduler instances,
-the priority of the holder is raised to the pseudo-interrupt priority (priority
-boosting). The pseudo-interrupt priority is the highest priority.
-
-RTEMS supports priority inheritance for local, binary
-semaphores that use the priority task wait queue blocking
-discipline. When a task of higher priority than the task
-holding the semaphore blocks, the priority of the task holding
-the semaphore is increased to that of the blocking task. When
-the task holding the task completely releases the binary
-semaphore (i.e. not for a nested release), the holder’s priority
-is restored to the value it had before any higher priority was
-inherited.
-
-The RTEMS implementation of the priority inheritance
-algorithm takes into account the scenario in which a task holds
-more than one binary semaphore. The holding task will execute
-at the priority of the higher of the highest ceiling priority or
-at the priority of the highest priority task blocked waiting for
-any of the semaphores the task holds. Only when the task
-releases ALL of the binary semaphores it holds will its priority
-be restored to the normal value.
-
-Priority Ceiling
-----------------
-
-Priority ceiling is an algorithm that calls for the
-lower priority task holding a resource to have its priority
-increased to that of the highest priority task which will EVER
-block waiting for that resource. This algorithm addresses the
-problem of priority inversion although it avoids the possibility
-of changing the priority of the task holding the resource
-multiple times. The priority ceiling algorithm will only change
-the priority of the task holding the resource a maximum of one
-time. The ceiling priority is set at creation time and must be
-the priority of the highest priority task which will ever
-attempt to acquire that semaphore.
-
-RTEMS supports priority ceiling for local, binary
-semaphores that use the priority task wait queue blocking
-discipline. When a task of lower priority than the ceiling
-priority successfully obtains the semaphore, its priority is
-raised to the ceiling priority. When the task holding the task
-completely releases the binary semaphore (i.e. not for a nested
-release), the holder’s priority is restored to the value it had
-before any higher priority was put into effect.
-
-The need to identify the highest priority task which
-will attempt to obtain a particular semaphore can be a difficult
-task in a large, complicated system. Although the priority
-ceiling algorithm is more efficient than the priority
-inheritance algorithm with respect to the maximum number of task
-priority changes which may occur while a task holds a particular
-semaphore, the priority inheritance algorithm is more forgiving
-in that it does not require this apriori information.
-
-The RTEMS implementation of the priority ceiling
-algorithm takes into account the scenario in which a task holds
-more than one binary semaphore. The holding task will execute
-at the priority of the higher of the highest ceiling priority or
-at the priority of the highest priority task blocked waiting for
-any of the semaphores the task holds. Only when the task
-releases ALL of the binary semaphores it holds will its priority
-be restored to the normal value.
-
-Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol
-----------------------------------------
-
-The Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol (MrsP) is defined in *A.
-Burns and A.J. Wellings, A Schedulability Compatible Multiprocessor Resource
-Sharing Protocol - MrsP, Proceedings of the 25th Euromicro Conference on
-Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2013), July 2013*. It is a generalization of the
-Priority Ceiling Protocol to SMP systems. Each MrsP semaphore uses a ceiling
-priority per scheduler instance. These ceiling priorities can be specified
-with ``rtems_semaphore_set_priority()``. A task obtaining or owning a MrsP
-semaphore will execute with the ceiling priority for its scheduler instance as
-specified by the MrsP semaphore object. Tasks waiting to get ownership of a
-MrsP semaphore will not relinquish the processor voluntarily. In case the
-owner of a MrsP semaphore gets preempted it can ask all tasks waiting for this
-semaphore to help out and temporarily borrow the right to execute on one of
-their assigned processors.
-
-Building a Semaphore Attribute Set
-----------------------------------
-
-In general, an attribute set is built by a bitwise OR
-of the desired attribute components. The following table lists
-the set of valid semaphore attributes:
-
-- ``RTEMS.FIFO`` - tasks wait by FIFO (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.PRIORITY`` - tasks wait by priority
-
-- ``RTEMS.BINARY_SEMAPHORE`` - restrict values to
- 0 and 1
-
-- ``RTEMS.COUNTING_SEMAPHORE`` - no restriction on values
- (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.SIMPLE_BINARY_SEMAPHORE`` - restrict values to
- 0 and 1, do not allow nested access, allow deletion of locked semaphore.
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_INHERIT_PRIORITY`` - do not use priority
- inheritance (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.INHERIT_PRIORITY`` - use priority inheritance
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_PRIORITY_CEILING`` - do not use priority
- ceiling (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.PRIORITY_CEILING`` - use priority ceiling
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING`` - do not use
- Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING`` - use
- Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol
-
-- ``RTEMS.LOCAL`` - local semaphore (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.GLOBAL`` - global semaphore
-
-Attribute values are specifically designed to be
-mutually exclusive, therefore bitwise OR and addition operations
-are equivalent as long as each attribute appears exactly once in
-the component list. An attribute listed as a default is not
-required to appear in the attribute list, although it is a good
-programming practice to specify default attributes. If all
-defaults are desired, the attribute``RTEMS.DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES`` should be
-specified on this call.
-
-This example demonstrates the attribute_set parameter needed to create a
-local semaphore with the task priority waiting queue discipline. The
-attribute_set parameter passed to the``rtems.semaphore_create`` directive could be either``RTEMS.PRIORITY`` or ``RTEMS.LOCAL or
-RTEMS.PRIORITY``. The attribute_set parameter can be set to``RTEMS.PRIORITY`` because ``RTEMS.LOCAL`` is the
-default for all created tasks. If a similar semaphore were to be known
-globally, then the attribute_set parameter would be``RTEMS.GLOBAL or RTEMS.PRIORITY``.
-
-Some combinatinos of these attributes are invalid. For example, priority
-ordered blocking discipline must be applied to a binary semaphore in order
-to use either the priority inheritance or priority ceiling functionality.
-The following tree figure illustrates the valid combinations.
-
-.. code:: c
-
- Not available in ASCII representation
-
-Building a SEMAPHORE_OBTAIN Option Set
---------------------------------------
-
-In general, an option is built by a bitwise OR of the
-desired option components. The set of valid options for the``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` directive are listed
-in the following table:
-
-- ``RTEMS.WAIT`` - task will wait for semaphore (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` - task should not wait
-
-Option values are specifically designed to be mutually exclusive,
-therefore bitwise OR and addition operations are equivalent as long as
-each attribute appears exactly once in the component list. An option
-listed as a default is not required to appear in the list, although it is
-a good programming practice to specify default options. If all defaults
-are desired, the option ``RTEMS.DEFAULT_OPTIONS`` should be
-specified on this call.
-
-This example demonstrates the option parameter needed
-to poll for a semaphore. The option parameter passed to the``rtems.semaphore_obtain``
-directive should be ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT``.
-
-Operations
-==========
-
-Creating a Semaphore
---------------------
-
-The ``rtems.semaphore_create`` directive creates a binary or
-counting semaphore with a user-specified name as well as an
-initial count. If a binary semaphore is created with a count of
-zero (0) to indicate that it has been allocated, then the task
-creating the semaphore is considered the current holder of the
-semaphore. At create time the method for ordering waiting tasks
-in the semaphore’s task wait queue (by FIFO or task priority) is
-specified. Additionally, the priority inheritance or priority
-ceiling algorithm may be selected for local, binary semaphores
-that use the priority task wait queue blocking discipline. If
-the priority ceiling algorithm is selected, then the highest
-priority of any task which will attempt to obtain this semaphore
-must be specified. RTEMS allocates a Semaphore Control Block
-(SMCB) from the SMCB free list. This data structure is used by
-RTEMS to manage the newly created semaphore. Also, a unique
-semaphore ID is generated and returned to the calling task.
-
-Obtaining Semaphore IDs
------------------------
-
-When a semaphore is created, RTEMS generates a unique
-semaphore ID and assigns it to the created semaphore until it is
-deleted. The semaphore ID may be obtained by either of two
-methods. First, as the result of an invocation of the``rtems.semaphore_create`` directive, the
-semaphore ID is stored in a user provided location. Second,
-the semaphore ID may be obtained later using the``rtems.semaphore_ident`` directive. The semaphore ID is
-used by other semaphore manager directives to access this
-semaphore.
-
-Acquiring a Semaphore
----------------------
-
-The ``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` directive is used to acquire the
-specified semaphore. A simplified version of the``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` directive can be described as follows:
-.. code:: c
-
- if semaphore's count is greater than zero
- then decrement semaphore's count
- else wait for release of semaphore
- return SUCCESSFUL
-
-When the semaphore cannot be immediately acquired,
-one of the following situations applies:
-
-- By default, the calling task will wait forever to
- acquire the semaphore.
-
-- Specifying ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` forces an immediate return
- with an error status code.
-
-- Specifying a timeout limits the interval the task will
- wait before returning with an error status code.
-
-If the task waits to acquire the semaphore, then it
-is placed in the semaphore’s task wait queue in either FIFO or
-task priority order. If the task blocked waiting for a binary
-semaphore using priority inheritance and the task’s priority is
-greater than that of the task currently holding the semaphore,
-then the holding task will inherit the priority of the blocking
-task. All tasks waiting on a semaphore are returned an error
-code when the semaphore is deleted.
-
-When a task successfully obtains a semaphore using
-priority ceiling and the priority ceiling for this semaphore is
-greater than that of the holder, then the holder’s priority will
-be elevated.
-
-Releasing a Semaphore
----------------------
-
-The ``rtems.semaphore_release`` directive is used to release
-the specified semaphore. A simplified version of the``rtems.semaphore_release`` directive can be described as
-follows:
-.. code:: c
-
- if no tasks are waiting on this semaphore
- then increment semaphore's count
- else assign semaphore to a waiting task
- return SUCCESSFUL
-
-If this is the outermost release of a binary
-semaphore that uses priority inheritance or priority ceiling and
-the task does not currently hold any other binary semaphores,
-then the task performing the ``rtems.semaphore_release``
-will have its priority restored to its normal value.
-
-Deleting a Semaphore
---------------------
-
-The ``rtems.semaphore_delete`` directive removes a semaphore
-from the system and frees its control block. A semaphore can be
-deleted by any local task that knows the semaphore’s ID. As a
-result of this directive, all tasks blocked waiting to acquire
-the semaphore will be readied and returned a status code which
-indicates that the semaphore was deleted. Any subsequent
-references to the semaphore’s name and ID are invalid.
-
-Directives
-==========
-
-This section details the semaphore manager’s
-directives. A subsection is dedicated to each of this manager’s
-directives and describes the calling sequence, related
-constants, usage, and status codes.
-
-SEMAPHORE_CREATE - Create a semaphore
--------------------------------------
-.. index:: create a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Create (
- Name : in RTEMS.Name;
- Count : in RTEMS.Unsigned32;
- Attribute_Set : in RTEMS.Attribute;
- Priority_Ceiling : in RTEMS.Task_Priority;
- ID : out RTEMS.ID;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore created successfully
-``RTEMS.INVALID_NAME`` - invalid semaphore name
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ADDRESS`` - ``id`` is NULL
-``RTEMS.TOO_MANY`` - too many semaphores created
-``RTEMS.NOT_DEFINED`` - invalid attribute set
-``RTEMS.INVALID_NUMBER`` - invalid starting count for binary semaphore
-``RTEMS.MP_NOT_CONFIGURED`` - multiprocessing not configured
-``RTEMS.TOO_MANY`` - too many global objects
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive creates a semaphore which resides on
-the local node. The created semaphore has the user-defined name
-specified in name and the initial count specified in count. For
-control and maintenance of the semaphore, RTEMS allocates and
-initializes a SMCB. The RTEMS-assigned semaphore id is returned
-in id. This semaphore id is used with other semaphore related
-directives to access the semaphore.
-
-Specifying PRIORITY in attribute_set causes tasks
-waiting for a semaphore to be serviced according to task
-priority. When FIFO is selected, tasks are serviced in First
-In-First Out order.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-This directive will not cause the calling task to be
-preempted.
-
-The priority inheritance and priority ceiling
-algorithms are only supported for local, binary semaphores that
-use the priority task wait queue blocking discipline.
-
-The following semaphore attribute constants are
-defined by RTEMS:
-
-- ``RTEMS.FIFO`` - tasks wait by FIFO (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.PRIORITY`` - tasks wait by priority
-
-- ``RTEMS.BINARY_SEMAPHORE`` - restrict values to
- 0 and 1
-
-- ``RTEMS.COUNTING_SEMAPHORE`` - no restriction on values
- (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.SIMPLE_BINARY_SEMAPHORE`` - restrict values to
- 0 and 1, block on nested access, allow deletion of locked semaphore.
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_INHERIT_PRIORITY`` - do not use priority
- inheritance (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.INHERIT_PRIORITY`` - use priority inheritance
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_PRIORITY_CEILING`` - do not use priority
- ceiling (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.PRIORITY_CEILING`` - use priority ceiling
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING`` - do not use
- Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING`` - use
- Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol
-
-- ``RTEMS.LOCAL`` - local semaphore (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.GLOBAL`` - global semaphore
-
-Semaphores should not be made global unless remote
-tasks must interact with the created semaphore. This is to
-avoid the system overhead incurred by the creation of a global
-semaphore. When a global semaphore is created, the semaphore’s
-name and id must be transmitted to every node in the system for
-insertion in the local copy of the global object table.
-
-Note that some combinations of attributes are not valid. See the
-earlier discussion on this.
-
-The total number of global objects, including semaphores, is limited by
-the maximum_global_objects field in the Configuration Table.
-
-It is not allowed to create an initially locked MrsP semaphore and the``RTEMS.INVALID_NUMBER`` status code will be returned on SMP
-configurations in this case. This prevents lock order reversal problems with
-the allocator mutex.
-
-SEMAPHORE_IDENT - Get ID of a semaphore
----------------------------------------
-.. index:: get ID of a semaphore
-.. index:: obtain ID of a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Ident (
- Name : in RTEMS.Name;
- Node : in RTEMS.Unsigned32;
- ID : out RTEMS.ID;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore identified successfully
-``RTEMS.INVALID_NAME`` - semaphore name not found
-``RTEMS.INVALID_NODE`` - invalid node id
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive obtains the semaphore id associated
-with the semaphore name. If the semaphore name is not unique,
-then the semaphore id will match one of the semaphores with that
-name. However, this semaphore id is not guaranteed to
-correspond to the desired semaphore. The semaphore id is used
-by other semaphore related directives to access the semaphore.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-This directive will not cause the running task to be
-preempted.
-
-If node is ``RTEMS.SEARCH_ALL_NODES``, all nodes are searched
-with the local node being searched first. All other nodes are
-searched with the lowest numbered node searched first.
-
-If node is a valid node number which does not
-represent the local node, then only the semaphores exported by
-the designated node are searched.
-
-This directive does not generate activity on remote
-nodes. It accesses only the local copy of the global object
-table.
-
-SEMAPHORE_DELETE - Delete a semaphore
--------------------------------------
-.. index:: delete a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Delete (
- ID : in RTEMS.ID;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore deleted successfully
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ID`` - invalid semaphore id
-``RTEMS.RESOURCE_IN_USE`` - binary semaphore is in use
-``RTEMS.ILLEGAL_ON_REMOTE_OBJECT`` - cannot delete remote semaphore
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive deletes the semaphore specified by ``id``.
-All tasks blocked waiting to acquire the semaphore will be
-readied and returned a status code which indicates that the
-semaphore was deleted. The SMCB for this semaphore is reclaimed
-by RTEMS.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-The calling task will be preempted if it is enabled
-by the task’s execution mode and a higher priority local task is
-waiting on the deleted semaphore. The calling task will NOT be
-preempted if all of the tasks that are waiting on the semaphore
-are remote tasks.
-
-The calling task does not have to be the task that
-created the semaphore. Any local task that knows the semaphore
-id can delete the semaphore.
-
-When a global semaphore is deleted, the semaphore id
-must be transmitted to every node in the system for deletion
-from the local copy of the global object table.
-
-The semaphore must reside on the local node, even if
-the semaphore was created with the ``RTEMS.GLOBAL`` option.
-
-Proxies, used to represent remote tasks, are
-reclaimed when the semaphore is deleted.
-
-SEMAPHORE_OBTAIN - Acquire a semaphore
---------------------------------------
-.. index:: obtain a semaphore
-.. index:: lock a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Obtain (
- ID : in RTEMS.ID;
- Option_Set : in RTEMS.Option;
- Timeout : in RTEMS.Interval;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore obtained successfully
-``RTEMS.UNSATISFIED`` - semaphore not available
-``RTEMS.TIMEOUT`` - timed out waiting for semaphore
-``RTEMS.OBJECT_WAS_DELETED`` - semaphore deleted while waiting
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ID`` - invalid semaphore id
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive acquires the semaphore specified by
-id. The ``RTEMS.WAIT`` and ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` components of the options parameter
-indicate whether the calling task wants to wait for the
-semaphore to become available or return immediately if the
-semaphore is not currently available. With either ``RTEMS.WAIT`` or``RTEMS.NO_WAIT``, if the current semaphore count is positive, then it is
-decremented by one and the semaphore is successfully acquired by
-returning immediately with a successful return code.
-
-If the calling task chooses to return immediately and the current
-semaphore count is zero or negative, then a status code is returned
-indicating that the semaphore is not available. If the calling task
-chooses to wait for a semaphore and the current semaphore count is zero or
-negative, then it is decremented by one and the calling task is placed on
-the semaphore’s wait queue and blocked. If the semaphore was created with
-the ``RTEMS.PRIORITY`` attribute, then the calling task is
-inserted into the queue according to its priority. However, if the
-semaphore was created with the ``RTEMS.FIFO`` attribute, then
-the calling task is placed at the rear of the wait queue. If the binary
-semaphore was created with the ``RTEMS.INHERIT_PRIORITY``
-attribute, then the priority of the task currently holding the binary
-semaphore is guaranteed to be greater than or equal to that of the
-blocking task. If the binary semaphore was created with the``RTEMS.PRIORITY_CEILING`` attribute, a task successfully
-obtains the semaphore, and the priority of that task is greater than the
-ceiling priority for this semaphore, then the priority of the task
-obtaining the semaphore is elevated to that of the ceiling.
-
-The timeout parameter specifies the maximum interval the calling task is
-willing to be blocked waiting for the semaphore. If it is set to``RTEMS.NO_TIMEOUT``, then the calling task will wait forever.
-If the semaphore is available or the ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` option
-component is set, then timeout is ignored.
-
-Deadlock situations are detected for MrsP semaphores and the``RTEMS.UNSATISFIED`` status code will be returned on SMP
-configurations in this case.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-The following semaphore acquisition option constants
-are defined by RTEMS:
-
-- ``RTEMS.WAIT`` - task will wait for semaphore (default)
-
-- ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` - task should not wait
-
-Attempting to obtain a global semaphore which does not reside on the local
-node will generate a request to the remote node to access the semaphore.
-If the semaphore is not available and ``RTEMS.NO_WAIT`` was
-not specified, then the task must be blocked until the semaphore is
-released. A proxy is allocated on the remote node to represent the task
-until the semaphore is released.
-
-A clock tick is required to support the timeout functionality of
-this directive.
-
-It is not allowed to obtain a MrsP semaphore more than once by one task at a
-time (nested access) and the ``RTEMS.UNSATISFIED`` status code will
-be returned on SMP configurations in this case.
-
-SEMAPHORE_RELEASE - Release a semaphore
----------------------------------------
-.. index:: release a semaphore
-.. index:: unlock a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Release (
- ID : in RTEMS.ID;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore released successfully
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ID`` - invalid semaphore id
-``RTEMS.NOT_OWNER_OF_RESOURCE`` - calling task does not own semaphore
-``RTEMS.INCORRECT_STATE`` - invalid unlock order
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive releases the semaphore specified by
-id. The semaphore count is incremented by one. If the count is
-zero or negative, then the first task on this semaphore’s wait
-queue is removed and unblocked. The unblocked task may preempt
-the running task if the running task’s preemption mode is
-enabled and the unblocked task has a higher priority than the
-running task.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-The calling task may be preempted if it causes a
-higher priority task to be made ready for execution.
-
-Releasing a global semaphore which does not reside on
-the local node will generate a request telling the remote node
-to release the semaphore.
-
-If the task to be unblocked resides on a different
-node from the semaphore, then the semaphore allocation is
-forwarded to the appropriate node, the waiting task is
-unblocked, and the proxy used to represent the task is reclaimed.
-
-The outermost release of a local, binary, priority
-inheritance or priority ceiling semaphore may result in the
-calling task having its priority lowered. This will occur if
-the calling task holds no other binary semaphores and it has
-inherited a higher priority.
-
-The MrsP semaphores must be released in the reversed obtain order, otherwise
-the ``RTEMS.INCORRECT_STATE`` status code will be returned on SMP
-configurations in this case.
-
-SEMAPHORE_FLUSH - Unblock all tasks waiting on a semaphore
-----------------------------------------------------------
-.. index:: flush a semaphore
-.. index:: unblock all tasks waiting on a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- procedure Semaphore_Flush (
- ID : in RTEMS.ID;
- Result : out RTEMS.Status_Codes
- );
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - semaphore released successfully
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ID`` - invalid semaphore id
-``RTEMS.NOT_DEFINED`` - operation not defined for the protocol of
-the semaphore
-``RTEMS.ILLEGAL_ON_REMOTE_OBJECT`` - not supported for remote semaphores
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive unblocks all tasks waiting on the semaphore specified by
-id. Since there are tasks blocked on the semaphore, the semaphore’s
-count is not changed by this directive and thus is zero before and
-after this directive is executed. Tasks which are unblocked as the
-result of this directive will return from the``rtems.semaphore_obtain`` directive with a
-status code of ``RTEMS.UNSATISFIED`` to indicate
-that the semaphore was not obtained.
-
-This directive may unblock any number of tasks. Any of the unblocked
-tasks may preempt the running task if the running task’s preemption mode is
-enabled and an unblocked task has a higher priority than the
-running task.
-
-**NOTES:**
-
-The calling task may be preempted if it causes a
-higher priority task to be made ready for execution.
-
-If the task to be unblocked resides on a different
-node from the semaphore, then the waiting task is
-unblocked, and the proxy used to represent the task is reclaimed.
-
-It is not allowed to flush a MrsP semaphore and the``RTEMS.NOT_DEFINED`` status code will be returned on SMP
-configurations in this case.
-
-SEMAPHORE_SET_PRIORITY - Set priority by scheduler for a semaphore
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-.. index:: set priority by scheduler for a semaphore
-
-**CALLING SEQUENCE:**
-
-**DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:**
-
-``RTEMS.SUCCESSFUL`` - successful operation
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ID`` - invalid semaphore or scheduler id
-``RTEMS.INVALID_ADDRESS`` - ``old_priority`` is NULL
-``RTEMS.INVALID_PRIORITY`` - invalid new priority value
-``RTEMS.NOT_DEFINED`` - operation not defined for the protocol of
-the semaphore
-``RTEMS.ILLEGAL_ON_REMOTE_OBJECT`` - not supported for remote semaphores
-
-**DESCRIPTION:**
-
-This directive sets the priority value with respect to the specified scheduler
-of a semaphore.
-
-The special priority value ``RTEMS_CURRENT_PRIORITY`` can be used to get the
-current priority value without changing it.
-
-The interpretation of the priority value depends on the protocol of the
-semaphore object.
-
-- The Multiprocessor Resource Sharing Protocol needs a ceiling priority per
- scheduler instance. This operation can be used to specify these priority
- values.
-
-- For the Priority Ceiling Protocol the ceiling priority is used with this
- operation.
-
-- For other protocols this operation is not defined.
-
-**EXAMPLE:**
-
-.. code:: c
-
- #include <assert.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <rtems.h>
- #define SCHED_A rtems_build_name(' ', ' ', ' ', 'A')
- #define SCHED_B rtems_build_name(' ', ' ', ' ', 'B')
- static void Init(rtems_task_argument arg)
- {
- rtems_status_code sc;
- rtems_id semaphore_id;
- rtems_id scheduler_a_id;
- rtems_id scheduler_b_id;
- rtems_task_priority prio;
- /* Get the scheduler identifiers \*/
- sc = rtems_scheduler_ident(SCHED_A, &scheduler_a_id);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- sc = rtems_scheduler_ident(SCHED_B, &scheduler_b_id);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- /* Create a MrsP semaphore object \*/
- sc = rtems_semaphore_create(
- rtems_build_name('M', 'R', 'S', 'P'),
- 1,
- RTEMS_MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING
- | RTEMS_BINARY_SEMAPHORE,
- 1,
- &semaphore_id
- );
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- /*
- * The ceiling priority values per scheduler are equal to the value specified
- * for object creation.
- \*/
- prio = RTEMS_CURRENT_PRIORITY;
- sc = rtems_semaphore_set_priority(semaphore_id, scheduler_a_id, prio, &prio);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- assert(prio == 1);
- /* Check the old value and set a new ceiling priority for scheduler B \*/
- prio = 2;
- sc = rtems_semaphore_set_priority(semaphore_id, scheduler_b_id, prio, &prio);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- assert(prio == 1);
- /* Check the ceiling priority values \*/
- prio = RTEMS_CURRENT_PRIORITY;
- sc = rtems_semaphore_set_priority(semaphore_id, scheduler_a_id, prio, &prio);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- assert(prio == 1);
- prio = RTEMS_CURRENT_PRIORITY;
- sc = rtems_semaphore_set_priority(semaphore_id, scheduler_b_id, prio, &prio);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- assert(prio == 2);
- sc = rtems_semaphore_delete(semaphore_id);
- assert(sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL);
- exit(0);
- }
- #define CONFIGURE_SMP_APPLICATION
- #define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CLOCK_DRIVER
- #define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER
- #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TASKS 1
- #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_SEMAPHORES 1
- #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_MRSP_SEMAPHORES 1
- #define CONFIGURE_SMP_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS 2
- #define CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_SIMPLE_SMP
- #include <rtems/scheduler.h>
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_CONTEXT_SIMPLE_SMP(a);
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_CONTEXT_SIMPLE_SMP(b);
- #define CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_CONTROLS \\
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_CONTROL_SIMPLE_SMP(a, SCHED_A), \\
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_CONTROL_SIMPLE_SMP(b, SCHED_B)
- #define CONFIGURE_SMP_SCHEDULER_ASSIGNMENTS \\
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_ASSIGN(0, RTEMS_SCHEDULER_ASSIGN_PROCESSOR_MANDATORY), \\
- RTEMS_SCHEDULER_ASSIGN(1, RTEMS_SCHEDULER_ASSIGN_PROCESSOR_MANDATORY)
- #define CONFIGURE_RTEMS_INIT_TASKS_TABLE
- #define CONFIGURE_INIT
- #include <rtems/confdefs.h>
-
-.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002.
-
-.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
-
-.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.
-