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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>2013-12-09 15:36:38 -0600
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>2013-12-09 19:50:55 -0600
commit967c14385b9194d4257bc44bf21bf1312f9f3321 (patch)
tree10aa6562dc3f0e71741798b166fb6267d638cba0 /cpukit/posix
parentpthread.c: Use UINT32_MAX rather than constant value (diff)
downloadrtems-967c14385b9194d4257bc44bf21bf1312f9f3321.tar.bz2
alarm.c: Per comment add debug code for kill() failing
This is highly unlikely and would indicate a serious bug in the system or corruption. But it is better to be cautious.
Diffstat (limited to 'cpukit/posix')
-rw-r--r--cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c b/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c
index d46d571d98..8def4a0836 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/alarm.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
* 3.4.1 Schedule Alarm, P1003.1b-1993, p. 79
*/
-/* COPYRIGHT (c) 1989-2007.
+/* COPYRIGHT (c) 1989-2013.
* On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
*
* The license and distribution terms for this file may be
@@ -32,14 +32,27 @@
/*
* _POSIX_signals_Alarm_TSR
*/
-
static void _POSIX_signals_Alarm_TSR(
Objects_Id id __attribute__((unused)),
void *argument __attribute__((unused))
)
{
- kill( getpid(), SIGALRM );
- /* XXX can't print from an ISR, should this be fatal? */
+ #if defined(RTEMS_DEBUG)
+ int status;
+ #define KILL_STATUS status =
+ #else
+ #define KILL_STATUS (void)
+ #endif
+
+ KILL_STATUS kill( getpid(), SIGALRM );
+
+ #if defined(RTEMS_DEBUG)
+ /*
+ * There is no reason to think this might fail but we should be
+ * cautious.
+ */
+ assert(status == 0);
+ #endif
}
static Watchdog_Control _POSIX_signals_Alarm_timer = WATCHDOG_INITIALIZER(