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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Background
+==========
+
+.. index:: fatal error detection
+.. index:: fatal error processing
+.. index:: fatal error user extension
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The fatal error manager is called upon detection of an irrecoverable error
+condition by either RTEMS or the application software. Fatal errors are also
+used in case it is difficult or impossible to return an error condition by
+other means, e.g. a return value of a directive call. Fatal errors can be
+detected from various sources, for example
+
+- the executive (RTEMS),
+- support libraries,
+- user system code, and
+- user application code.
+
+RTEMS automatically invokes the fatal error manager upon detection of an error
+it considers to be fatal. Similarly, the user should invoke the fatal error
+manager upon detection of a fatal error.
+
+Each static or dynamic user extension set may include a fatal error handler.
+The fatal error handler in the static extension set can be used to provide
+access to debuggers and monitors which may be present on the target hardware.
+If any user-supplied fatal error handlers are installed, the fatal error
+manager will invoke them. Usually, the board support package provides a fatal
+error extension which resets the board. If no user handlers are configured or
+if all the user handler return control to the fatal error manager, then the
+RTEMS default fatal error handler is invoked. If the default fatal error
+handler is invoked, then the system state is marked as failed.
+
+Although the precise behavior of the default fatal error handler is processor
+specific, in general, it will disable all maskable interrupts, place the error
+code in a known processor dependent place (generally either on the stack or in
+a register), and halt the processor. The precise actions of the RTEMS fatal
+error are discussed in the Default Fatal Error Processing chapter of the
+Applications Supplement document for a specific target processor.
+
+Fatal Sources
+-------------
+
+The following fatal sources are defined for RTEMS via the
+:c:type:`rtems_fatal_source` enumeration. Each symbolic name has the
+corresponding numeric fatal source in parenthesis.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_CORE (0)
+ Errors of the core operating system. See :ref:`internal_errors`.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_RTEMS_API (1)
+ Errors of the Classic API.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_POSIX_API (2)
+ Errors of the POSIX API.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_BDBUF (3)
+ Fatal source for the block device cache. See
+ :c:type:`rtems_bdbuf_fatal_code`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_APPLICATION (4)
+ Fatal source for application-specific errors. The fatal code is
+ application-specific.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXIT (5)
+ Fatal source of :c:func:`exit()`. The fatal code is the :c:func:`exit()`
+ status code.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_BSP (6)
+ Fatal source for BSP errors. The fatal codes are defined in
+ :file:`<bsp/fatal.h>`. Examples are interrupt and exception
+ initialization. See :c:type:`bsp_fatal_code` and :c:func:`bsp_fatal()`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_ASSERT (7)
+ Fatal source of :c:macro:`assert()`. The fatal code is the pointer value
+ of the assert context. See :c:type:`rtems_assert_context`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_STACK_CHECKER (8)
+ Fatal source of the stack checker. The fatal code is the object name of
+ the executing task.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXCEPTION (9)
+ Fatal source of the exceptions. The fatal code is the pointer value of the
+ exception frame pointer. See :c:type:`rtems_exception_frame` and
+ :ref:`rtems_exception_frame_print`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_SMP (10)
+ Fatal source of SMP domain. See :c:type:`SMP_Fatal_code`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_PANIC (11)
+ Fatal source of :c:func:`rtems_panic`, see :ref:`rtems_panic`.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_INVALID_HEAP_FREE (12)
+ Fatal source for invalid C program heap frees via :c:func:`free`. The
+ fatal code is the bad pointer.
+
+RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_HEAP (13)
+ Fatal source for heap errors. The fatal code is the address to a heap error
+ context. See :c:type:`Heap_Error_context`.
+
+.. _internal_errors:
+
+Internal Error Codes
+--------------------
+
+The following error codes are defined for the :c:data:`INTERNAL_ERROR_CORE`
+fatal source. Each symbolic name has the corresponding numeric error code in
+parenthesis.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_TOO_LITTLE_WORKSPACE (2)
+ There is not enough memory for the workspace. This fatal error may occur
+ during system initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_THREAD_EXITTED (5)
+ A non-POSIX thread entry function returned. This is an API usage error.
+
+ An example code to provoke this fatal error is:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ rtems_task task( rtems_task_argument arg )
+ {
+ /* Classic API tasks must not return */
+ }
+
+ void create_bad_task( void )
+ {
+ rtems_status_code sc;
+ rtems_id task_id;
+
+ sc = rtems_task_create(
+ rtems_build_name('T', 'A', 'S', 'K'),
+ 1,
+ RTEMS_MINIMUM_STACK_SIZE,
+ RTEMS_DEFAULT_MODES,
+ RTEMS_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES,
+ &task_id
+ );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ sc = rtems_task_start( task_id, task, 0 );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+ }
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_INCONSISTENT_MP_INFORMATION (6)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The MPCI nodes or
+ global objects configuration is inconsistent. This fatal error may occur
+ during system initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_INVALID_NODE (7)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The own MPCI node
+ number is invalid. This fatal error may occur during system
+ initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_NO_MPCI (8)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. There is no MPCI
+ configuration table. This fatal error may occur during system
+ initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_BAD_PACKET (9)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The MPCI server
+ thread received a bad packet.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_OUT_OF_PACKETS (10)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The MPCI packet
+ pool is empty. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_OUT_OF_GLOBAL_OBJECTS (11)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The MPCI global
+ objects pool is empty. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_OUT_OF_PROXIES (12)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The MPCI thread
+ proxy pool is empty. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_INVALID_GLOBAL_ID (13)
+ This fatal error can only occur on MPCI configurations. The system cannot
+ find the global object for a specific object identifier. In case this
+ happens, then this is probably an operating system bug.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_HEAP (23)
+ There is not enough memory for the C program heap. This fatal error may
+ occur during system initialization. It is an application configuration
+ error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_CPU_ISR_INSTALL_VECTOR (24)
+ The use of :c:func:`_CPU_ISR_install_vector()` is illegal on this system.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_RESOURCE_IN_USE (25)
+ This fatal error can only occur on debug configurations. It happens in
+ case a thread which owns mutexes is deleted. Mutexes owned by a deleted
+ thread are in an inconsistent state.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_RTEMS_INIT_TASK_ENTRY_IS_NULL (26)
+ An RTEMS initialization task entry function is NULL. This fatal error may
+ occur during system initialization. It is an application configuration
+ error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_THREAD_QUEUE_DEADLOCK (28)
+ A deadlock was detected during a thread queue enqueue operation.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_THREAD_QUEUE_ENQUEUE_STICKY_FROM_BAD_STATE (29)
+ This fatal error can only happen in SMP configurations. It is not allowed
+ to obtain MrsP semaphores in a context with thread dispatching disabled,
+ for example interrupt context.
+
+ An example code to provoke this fatal error is:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ rtems_timer_service_routine bad( rtems_id timer_id, void *arg )
+ {
+ rtems_id *sem_id;
+
+ sem_id = arg;
+
+ rtems_semaphore_obtain( *sem_id, RTEMS_WAIT, RTEMS_NO_TIMEOUT );
+ assert( 0 );
+ }
+
+ rtems_task fire_bad_timer( rtems_task_argument arg )
+ {
+ rtems_status_code sc;
+ rtems_id sem_id;
+ rtems_id timer_id;
+
+ sc = rtems_semaphore_create(
+ rtems_build_name('M', 'R', 'S', 'P'),
+ 1,
+ RTEMS_MULTIPROCESSOR_RESOURCE_SHARING
+ | RTEMS_BINARY_SEMAPHORE,
+ 1,
+ &sem_id
+ );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ sc = rtems_timer_create(
+ rtems_build_name( 'E', 'V', 'I', 'L' ),
+ &timer_id
+ );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ sc = rtems_semaphore_obtain( sem_id, RTEMS_WAIT, RTEMS_NO_TIMEOUT );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ sc = rtems_timer_fire_after( timer_id, 1, bad, &sem_id );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ rtems_task_wake_after( 2 );
+ assert( 0 );
+ }
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_BAD_THREAD_DISPATCH_DISABLE_LEVEL (30)
+ It is illegal to call blocking operating system services with thread
+ dispatching disabled, for example in interrupt context.
+
+ An example code to provoke this fatal error is:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void bad( rtems_id id, void *arg )
+ {
+ rtems_task_wake_after( RTEMS_YIELD_PROCESSOR );
+ assert( 0 );
+ }
+
+ void fire_bad_timer( void )
+ {
+ rtems_status_code sc;
+ rtems_id id;
+
+ sc = rtems_timer_create(
+ rtems_build_name( 'E', 'V', 'I', 'L' ),
+ &id
+ );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ sc = rtems_timer_fire_after( id, 1, bad, NULL );
+ assert( sc == RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL );
+
+ rtems_task_wake_after( 2 );
+ assert( 0 );
+ }
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_BAD_THREAD_DISPATCH_ENVIRONMENT (31)
+ In SMP configurations, it is a fatal error to call blocking operating
+ system with interrupts disabled, since this prevents delivery of
+ inter-processor interrupts. This could lead to executing threads which are
+ not allowed to execute resulting in undefined system behaviour.
+
+ Some CPU ports, for example the ARM Cortex-M port, have a similar problem,
+ since the interrupt state is not a part of the thread context.
+
+ This fatal error is detected in the operating system core function
+ :c:func:`_Thread_Do_dispatch()` responsible to carry out a thread dispatch.
+
+ An example code to provoke this fatal error is:
+
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void bad( void )
+ {
+ rtems_interrupt_level level;
+
+ rtems_interrupt_local_disable( level );
+ rtems_task_suspend( RTEMS_SELF );
+ rtems_interrupt_local_enable( level );
+ }
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_RTEMS_INIT_TASK_CREATE_FAILED (32)
+ Creation of an RTEMS initialization task failed. This fatal error may
+ occur during system initialization. It is an application configuration
+ error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_POSIX_INIT_THREAD_CREATE_FAILED (33)
+ Creation of a POSIX initialization thread failed. This fatal error may
+ occur during system initialization. It is an application configuration
+ error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_LIBIO_STDOUT_FD_OPEN_FAILED (36)
+ Open of the standard output file descriptor failed or resulted in an
+ unexpected file descriptor number. This fatal error may occur during
+ system initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_LIBIO_STDERR_FD_OPEN_FAILED (37)
+ Open of the standard error file descriptor failed or resulted in an
+ unexpected file descriptor number. This fatal error may occur during
+ system initialization. It is an application configuration error.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_ILLEGAL_USE_OF_FLOATING_POINT_UNIT (38)
+ The floating point unit was used illegally, for example in interrupt
+ context on some architectures.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_ARC4RANDOM_GETENTROPY_FAIL (39)
+ A :c:func:`getentropy` system call failed in one of the `ARC4RANDOM(3)
+ <https://man.openbsd.org/arc4random.3>`_ functions. This fatal error can
+ only be fixed with a different implementation of :c:func:`getentropy`.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_NO_MEMORY_FOR_PER_CPU_DATA (40)
+ This fatal error may happen during workspace initialization. There is not
+ enough memory available to populate the per-CPU data areas, see
+ `<rtems/score/percpudata.h> <https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/cpukit/include/rtems/score/percpudata.h>`_.
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_TOO_LARGE_TLS_SIZE (41)
+ This fatal error may happen during system initialization. The actual
+ thread-local storage (TLS) size of the application exceeds the configured
+ maximum, see
+ :ref:`CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE_SIZE <CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE_SIZE>`.
+ You can get the thread-local storage size of an application using the RTEMS
+ tool ``rtems-execinfo``.
diff --git a/c-user/fatal-error/directives.rst b/c-user/fatal-error/directives.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Directives
+==========
+
+This section details the fatal error 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.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: announce fatal error
+.. index:: fatal error, announce
+.. index:: rtems_fatal
+
+.. _rtems_fatal:
+
+FATAL - Invoke the fatal error handler
+--------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void rtems_fatal(
+ rtems_fatal_source fatal_source,
+ rtems_fatal_code error_code
+ ) RTEMS_NO_RETURN;
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ NONE - This function will not return to the caller.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ This directive terminates the system.
+
+NOTE:
+ Registered :c:func:`atexit()` or :c:func:`on_exit()` handlers are not
+ called. Use :c:func:`exit()` in case these handlers should be invoked.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: panic
+.. index:: rtems_panic
+
+.. _rtems_panic:
+
+PANIC - Print a message and invoke the fatal error handler
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void rtems_panic(
+ const char *fmt,
+ ...
+ ) RTEMS_NO_RETURN RTEMS_PRINTFLIKE( 1, 2 );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ NONE - This function will not return to the caller.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ This directive prints a message via :c:func:`printk` specified by the
+ format and optional parameters and then terminates the system with the
+ :c:macro:`RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_PANIC` fatal source. The fatal code is set to
+ the format string address.
+
+NOTE:
+ Registered :c:func:`atexit()` or :c:func:`on_exit()` handlers are not
+ called. Use :c:func:`exit()` in case these handlers should be invoked.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: shutdown RTEMS
+.. index:: rtems_shutdown_executive
+
+.. _rtems_shutdown_executive:
+
+SHUTDOWN_EXECUTIVE - Shutdown RTEMS
+-----------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void rtems_shutdown_executive(
+ uint32_t result
+ );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ NONE - This function will not return to the caller.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ This directive is called when the application wishes to shutdown RTEMS.
+ The system is terminated with a fatal source of ``RTEMS_FATAL_SOURCE_EXIT``
+ and the specified ``result`` code.
+
+NOTES:
+ This directive *must* be the last RTEMS directive invoked by an application
+ and it *does not return* to the caller.
+
+ This directive may be called any time.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: exception frame
+.. index:: rtems_exception_frame_print
+
+.. _rtems_exception_frame_print:
+
+EXCEPTION_FRAME_PRINT - Prints the exception frame
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void rtems_exception_frame_print(
+ const rtems_exception_frame *frame
+ );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ NONE
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ Prints the exception frame via ``printk()``.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: fatal error
+.. index:: rtems_fatal_source_text
+
+.. _rtems_fatal_source_text:
+
+FATAL_SOURCE_TEXT - Returns a text for a fatal source
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ const char *rtems_fatal_source_text(
+ rtems_fatal_source source
+ );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ The fatal source text or "?" in case the passed fatal source is invalid.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ Returns a text for a fatal source. The text for fatal source is the
+ enumerator constant.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: fatal error
+.. index:: rtems_internal_error_text
+
+.. _rtems_internal_error_text:
+
+INTERNAL_ERROR_TEXT - Returns a text for an internal error code
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ const char *rtems_internal_error_text(
+ rtems_fatal_code error
+ );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ The error code text or "?" in case the passed error code is invalid.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ Returns a text for an internal error code. The text for each internal
+ error code is the enumerator constant.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. index:: announce fatal error
+.. index:: fatal error, announce
+.. index:: rtems_fatal_error_occurred
+
+.. _rtems_fatal_error_occurred:
+
+FATAL_ERROR_OCCURRED - Invoke the fatal error handler (deprecated)
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+ .. code-block:: c
+
+ void rtems_fatal_error_occurred(
+ uint32_t the_error
+ ) RTEMS_NO_RETURN;
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+ NONE - This function will not return to the caller.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+ This directive processes fatal errors. If the FATAL error extension is
+ defined in the configuration table, then the user-defined error extension
+ is called. If configured and the provided FATAL error extension returns,
+ then the RTEMS default error handler is invoked. This directive can be
+ invoked by RTEMS or by the user's application code including initialization
+ tasks, other tasks, and ISRs.
+
+NOTES:
+ This directive is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
+
+ This directive supports local operations only.
+
+ Unless the user-defined error extension takes special actions such as
+ restarting the calling task, this directive WILL NOT RETURN to the caller.
+
+ The user-defined extension for this directive may wish to initiate a global
+ shutdown.
diff --git a/c-user/fatal-error/index.rst b/c-user/fatal-error/index.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2021 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de)
+
+.. index:: fatal errors
+
+.. _RTEMSAPIClassicFatal:
+
+Fatal Error Manager
+*******************
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ introduction
+ background
+ operations
+ directives
diff --git a/c-user/fatal-error/introduction.rst b/c-user/fatal-error/introduction.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The fatal error manager processes all fatal or irrecoverable errors and other
+sources of system termination (for example after :c:func:`exit()`). Fatal
+errors are identified by the (fatal source, error code) pair. The directives
+provided by the fatal error manager are:
+
+- :ref:`rtems_fatal`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_panic`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_shutdown_executive`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_exception_frame_print`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_fatal_source_text`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_internal_error_text`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_fatal_error_occurred`
diff --git a/c-user/fatal-error/operations.rst b/c-user/fatal-error/operations.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Operations
+==========
+
+.. index:: _Terminate
+
+.. _Terminate:
+
+Announcing a Fatal Error
+------------------------
+
+The :c:func:`_Terminate()` internal error handler is invoked when the
+application or the executive itself determines that a fatal error has occurred
+or a final system state is reached (for example after :c:func:`rtems_fatal()`
+or :c:func:`exit()`).
+
+The first action of the internal error handler is to call the fatal extension of
+the user extensions. For the initial extensions the following conditions are
+required
+
+- a valid stack pointer and enough stack space,
+
+- a valid code memory, and
+
+- valid read-only data.
+
+For the initial extensions the read-write data (including .bss segment) is not
+required on single processor configurations. In SMP configurations, however,
+the read-write data must be initialized since this function must determine the
+state of the other processors and request them to shut-down if necessary.
+
+Non-initial extensions require in addition valid read-write data. The board
+support package (BSP) may install an initial extension that performs a system
+reset. In this case the non-initial extensions will be not called.
+
+The fatal extensions are called with three parameters:
+
+- the fatal source,
+
+- a legacy parameter which is always false, and
+
+- an error code with a fatal source dependent content.
+
+Once all fatal extensions executed, the error information will be stored to
+:c:data:`_Internal_errors_What_happened` and the system state is set to
+:c:macro:`SYSTEM_STATE_TERMINATED`.
+
+The final step is to call the CPU port specific :c:func:`_CPU_Fatal_halt()`.