qpcpp/source/qf_defer.cpp

/// @file
/// @brief QP::QMActive::defer() and QP::QMActive::recall() definitions.
/// @ingroup qf
/// @cond
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#define QP_IMPL           // this is QP implementation
#include "qf_port.h"      // QF port
#include "qf_pkg.h"       // QF package-scope interface
#include "qassert.h"      // QP embedded systems-friendly assertions


namespace QP {

Q_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE("qf_defer")

//****************************************************************************
/// @description
/// This function is part of the event deferral support. An active object
/// uses this function to defer an event @p e to the QF-supported native
/// event queue @p eq. QF correctly accounts for another outstanding
/// reference to the event and will not recycle the event at the end of
/// the RTC step. Later, the active object might recall one event at a
/// time from the event queue.
///
/// @param[in] eq  pointer to a "raw" thread-safe queue to recall
///                an event from.
/// @param[in] e   pointer to the event to be deferred
///
/// @returns 'true' (success) when the event could be deferred and 'false'
/// (failure) if event deferral failed due to overflowing the queue.
///
/// An active object can use multiple event queues to defer events of
/// different kinds.
///
/// @sa QP::QMActive::recall(), QP::QEQueue, QP::QMActive::flushDeferred()
///
bool QMActive::defer(QEQueue * const eq, QEvt const * const e) const {
    return eq->post(e, static_cast<uint_fast16_t>(1)); // non-asserting post
}

//****************************************************************************
/// @description
/// This function is part of the event deferral support. An active object
/// uses this function to recall a deferred event from a given QF
/// event queue. Recalling an event means that it is removed from the
/// deferred event queue @p eq and posted (LIFO) to the event queue of
/// the active object.
///
/// @param[in]  eq  pointer to a "raw" thread-safe queue to recall
///                 an event from.
///
/// @returns 'true' if an event has been recalled and 'false' if not.
///
/// @note An active object can use multiple event queues to defer events of
/// different kinds.
///
/// @sa QP::QMActive::recall(), QP::QEQueue, QP::QMActive::postLIFO_()
///
bool QMActive::recall(QEQueue * const eq) {
    QEvt const * const e = eq->get(); // try to get evt from deferred queue
    bool const recalled = (e != static_cast<QEvt const *>(0));//evt available?
    if (recalled) {
        this->postLIFO(e); // post it to the _front_ of the AO's queue

        QF_CRIT_STAT_
        QF_CRIT_ENTRY_();

        // is it a dynamic event?
        if (e->poolId_ != static_cast<uint8_t>(0)) {

            // after posting to the AO's queue the event must be referenced
            // at least twice: once in the deferred event queue (eq->get()
            // did NOT decrement the reference counter) and once in the
            // AO's event queue.
            Q_ASSERT_ID(210, e->refCtr_ > static_cast<uint8_t>(1));

            // we need to decrement the reference counter once, to account
            // for removing the event from the deferred event queue.
            QF_EVT_REF_CTR_DEC_(e); // decrement the reference counter
        }

        QF_CRIT_EXIT_();
    }
    return recalled; // event not recalled
}

//****************************************************************************
/// @description
/// This function is part of the event deferral support. An active object
/// can use this function to flush a given QF event queue. The function makes
/// sure that the events are not leaked.
///
/// @param[in]  eq  pointer to a "raw" thread-safe queue to flush.
///
/// @returns the number of events actually flushed from the queue.
///
///
/// @sa QP::QMActive::defer(), QP::QMActive::recall(), QP::QEQueue
///
uint_fast16_t QMActive::flushDeferred(QEQueue * const eq) const {
    uint_fast16_t n = static_cast<uint_fast16_t>(0);
    for (QEvt const *e = eq->get();
         e != static_cast<QEvt const *>(0);
         e = eq->get())
    {
        QF::gc(e); // garbage collect
        ++n; // count the flushed event
    }
    return n;
}

} // namespace QP