Configuration
[Kernel]
Description
Kernel related settings and hooks.
Define Documentation
#define CH_FREQUENCY 1000 |
System tick frequency.
Frequency of the system timer that drives the system ticks. This setting also defines the system tick time unit.
Definition at line 51 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_TIME_QUANTUM 20 |
Round robin interval.
This constant is the number of system ticks allowed for the threads before preemption occurs. Setting this value to zero disables the preemption for threads with equal priority and the round robin becomes cooperative. Note that higher priority threads can still preempt, the kernel is always preemptive.
- Note:
- Disabling the round robin preemption makes the kernel more compact and generally faster.
Definition at line 66 of file chconf.h.
Referenced by chSchDoRescheduleI(), chSchGoSleepS(), chSchWakeupS(), and scheduler_init().
#define CH_USE_NESTED_LOCKS FALSE |
Nested locks.
If enabled then the use of nested chSysLock()
/ chSysUnlock()
operations is allowed.
For performance and code size reasons the recommended setting is to leave this option disabled.
You may use this option if you need to merge ChibiOS/RT with external libraries that require nested lock/unlock operations.
- Note:
- T he default is
FALSE
.
Definition at line 81 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_MEMCORE_SIZE 0 |
Managed RAM size.
Size of the RAM area to be managed by the OS. If set to zero then the whole available RAM is used. The core memory is made available to the heap allocator and/or can be used directly through the simplified core memory allocator.
- Note:
- In order to let the OS manage the whole RAM the linker script must provide the
__heap_base__
and __heap_end__
symbols.
-
Requires
CH_USE_COREMEM
.
Definition at line 96 of file chconf.h.
Referenced by core_init().
#define CH_OPTIMIZE_SPEED TRUE |
OS optimization.
If enabled then time efficient rather than space efficient code is used when two possible implementations exist.
- Note:
- This is not related to the compiler optimization options.
-
The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 112 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_CURRP_REGISTER_CACHE "reg" |
Exotic optimization.
If defined then a CPU register is used as storage for the global currp
variable. Caching this variable in a register greatly improves both space and time OS efficiency. A side effect is that one less register has to be saved during the context switch resulting in lower RAM usage and faster context switch.
- Note:
- This option is only usable with the GCC compiler and is only useful on processors with many registers like ARM cores.
-
If this option is enabled then ALL the libraries linked to the ChibiOS/RT code must be recompiled with the GCC option
-ffixed-<reg>
.
-
This option must be enabled in the Makefile, it is listed here for documentation only.
Definition at line 132 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_REGISTRY TRUE |
Threads registry APIs.
If enabled then the registry APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 146 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_WAITEXIT TRUE |
Threads synchronization APIs.
If enabled then the chThdWait()
function is included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 157 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_SEMAPHORES TRUE |
Semaphores APIs.
If enabled then the Semaphores APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 167 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_SEMAPHORES_PRIORITY FALSE |
Semaphores queuing mode.
If enabled then the threads are enqueued on semaphores by priority rather than in FIFO order.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
. Enable this if you have special requirements.
-
Requires
CH_USE_SEMAPHORES
.
Definition at line 179 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_SEMSW TRUE |
Atomic semaphore API.
If enabled then the semaphores the chSemSignalWait()
API is included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_SEMAPHORES
.
Definition at line 191 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MUTEXES TRUE |
Mutexes APIs.
If enabled then the mutexes APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 201 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_CONDVARS TRUE |
Conditional Variables APIs.
If enabled then the conditional variables APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_MUTEXES
.
Definition at line 213 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_CONDVARS_TIMEOUT TRUE |
Conditional Variables APIs with timeout.
If enabled then the conditional variables APIs with timeout specification are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_CONDVARS
.
Definition at line 225 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_EVENTS TRUE |
Events Flags APIs.
If enabled then the event flags APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 235 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_EVENTS_TIMEOUT TRUE |
Events Flags APIs with timeout.
If enabled then the events APIs with timeout specification are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_EVENTS
.
Definition at line 247 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MESSAGES TRUE |
Synchronous Messages APIs.
If enabled then the synchronous messages APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 258 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MESSAGES_PRIORITY FALSE |
Synchronous Messages queuing mode.
If enabled then messages are served by priority rather than in FIFO order.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
. Enable this if you have special requirements.
-
Requires
CH_USE_MESSAGES
.
Definition at line 270 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MAILBOXES TRUE |
Mailboxes APIs.
If enabled then the asynchronous messages (mailboxes) APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_SEMAPHORES
.
Definition at line 282 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_QUEUES TRUE |
I/O Queues APIs.
If enabled then the I/O queues APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_SEMAPHORES
.
Definition at line 293 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MEMCORE TRUE |
Core Memory Manager APIs.
If enabled then the core memory manager APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 304 of file chconf.h.
Heap Allocator APIs.
If enabled then the memory heap allocator APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_COREMEM
and either CH_USE_MUTEXES
or CH_USE_SEMAPHORES
.
-
Mutexes are recommended.
Definition at line 318 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MALLOC_HEAP FALSE |
C-runtime allocator.
If enabled the the heap allocator APIs just wrap the C-runtime malloc()
and free()
functions.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_HEAP
.
-
The C-runtime may or may not require
CH_USE_COREMEM
, see the appropriate documentation.
Definition at line 332 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_MEMPOOLS TRUE |
Memory Pools Allocator APIs.
If enabled then the memory pools allocator APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
Definition at line 343 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_USE_DYNAMIC TRUE |
Dynamic Threads APIs.
If enabled then the dynamic threads creation APIs are included in the kernel.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_WAITEXIT
.
-
Requires
CH_USE_HEAP
and/or CH_USE_MEMPOOLS
.
Definition at line 356 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_ENABLE_CHECKS FALSE |
Debug option, parameters checks.
If enabled then the checks on the API functions input parameters are activated.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
Definition at line 371 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_ENABLE_ASSERTS FALSE |
Debug option, consistency checks.
If enabled then all the assertions in the kernel code are activated. This includes consistency checks inside the kernel, runtime anomalies and port-defined checks.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
Definition at line 383 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_ENABLE_TRACE FALSE |
Debug option, trace buffer.
If enabled then the context switch circular trace buffer is activated.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
Definition at line 394 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_ENABLE_STACK_CHECK FALSE |
Debug option, stack checks.
If enabled then a runtime stack check is performed.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
-
The stack check is performed in a architecture/port dependent way. It may not be implemented or some ports.
-
The default failure mode is to halt the system with the global
panic_msg
variable set to NULL
.
Definition at line 408 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_FILL_THREADS FALSE |
Debug option, stacks initialization.
If enabled then the threads working area is filled with a byte value when a thread is created. This can be useful for the runtime measurement of the used stack.
- Note:
- The default is
FALSE
.
Definition at line 420 of file chconf.h.
#define CH_DBG_THREADS_PROFILING TRUE |
Debug option, threads profiling.
If enabled then a field is added to the Thread
structure that counts the system ticks occurred while executing the thread.
- Note:
- The default is
TRUE
.
-
This debug option is defaulted to TRUE because it is required by some test cases into the test suite.
Definition at line 433 of file chconf.h.
#define THREAD_EXT_FIELDS |
Value:
Threads descriptor structure hook.
User fields added to the end of the Thread
structure.
Definition at line 445 of file chconf.h.
#define THREAD_EXT_INIT |
( |
tp |
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) |
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Value:
Threads initialization hook.
User initialization code added to the chThdInit()
API.
- Note:
- It is invoked from within
chThdInit()
and implicitily from all the threads creation APIs.
Definition at line 459 of file chconf.h.
Referenced by init_thread().
#define THREAD_EXT_EXIT |
( |
tp |
|
) |
|
Value:
Threads finalization hook.
User finalization code added to the chThdExit()
API.
- Note:
- It is inserted into lock zone.
-
It is also invoked when the threads simply return in order to terminate.
Definition at line 473 of file chconf.h.
Referenced by chThdExit().
#define IDLE_LOOP_HOOK |
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) |
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Value:
Idle Loop hook.
This hook is continuously invoked by the idle thread loop.
Definition at line 483 of file chconf.h.