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#include <qequeue.h>

Public Member Functions
void	QEQueue_init (QEQueue const me, struct QEvt const *const qSto, uint_fast16_t const qLen)
	Initialize the native QF event queue.
bool	QEQueue_post (QEQueue const me, struct QEvt const const e, uint_fast16_t const margin, uint_fast8_t const qsId)
	Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue (FIFO).
void	QEQueue_postLIFO (QEQueue const me, struct QEvt const const e, uint_fast8_t const qsId)
	Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue (LIFO).
struct QEvt const *	QEQueue_get (QEQueue *const me, uint_fast8_t const qsId)
	Obtain an event from the "raw" thread-safe queue.
uint16_t	QEQueue_getFree (QEQueue const *const me)
	Obtain the number of free entries still available in the queue.
uint16_t	QEQueue_getUse (QEQueue const *const me)
	Obtain the number of entries in use in the queue.
uint16_t	QEQueue_getMin (QEQueue const *const me)
	Obtain the minimum number of free entries ever in the queue (a.k.a. "low-watermark").
bool	QEQueue_isEmpty (QEQueue const *const me)
	Find out if the queue is empty.

Private Attributes
struct QEvt const *	frontEvt
	Pointer to event at the front of the queue.
struct QEvt const **	ring
	Pointer to the start of the ring buffer.
QEQueueCtr	end
	Offset of the end of the ring buffer from the start of the buffer.
QEQueueCtr	head
	Offset to where next event will be inserted into the buffer.
QEQueueCtr	tail
	Offset of where next event will be extracted from the buffer.
QEQueueCtr	nFree
	Number of free events in the ring buffer.
QEQueueCtr	nMin
	Minimum number of free events ever in the ring buffer.

Detailed Description

Native QF Event Queue.

Details
This class describes the native QF event queue, which can be used as the event queue for active objects, or as a simple "raw" event queue for thread-safe event passing among non-framework entities, such as ISRs, device drivers, or other third-party components.

The native QF event queue is configured by defining the macro QACTIVE_EQUEUE_TYPE as QEQueue in the specific QF port header file.

The QEQueue structure contains only data members for managing an event queue, but does not contain the storage for the queue buffer, which must be provided externally during the queue initialization.

The event queue can store only event pointers, not the whole events. The internal implementation uses the standard ring-buffer plus one external location that optimizes the queue operation for the most frequent case of empty queue.

The QEQueue structure is used with two sets of functions. One set is for the active object event queue, which might need to block the active object task when the event queue is empty and might need to unblock it when events are posted to the queue. The interface for the native active object event queue consists of the following functions: QActive_post(), QActive_postLIFO(), and QActive_get_().

The other set of functions uses QEQueue as a simple "raw" event queue to pass events between entities other than active objects, such as ISRs. The "raw" event queue is not capable of blocking on the get() operation, but is still thread-safe because it uses QF critical section to protect its integrity. The interface for the "raw" thread-safe queue consists of the following functions: QEQueue_post(), QEQueue_postLIFO(), and QEQueue_get(). Additionally the function QEQueue_init() is used to initialize the queue.

Most event queue operations (both the active object queues and the "raw" queues) internally use the QF critical section. You should be careful not to invoke those operations from other critical sections when nesting of critical sections is not supported.

See also: QEQueue for the description of the data members

Definition at line 48 of file qequeue.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ QEQueue_init()

void QEQueue_init	(	QEQueue *const	me,
		struct QEvt const **const	qSto,
		uint_fast16_t const	qLen )

Initialize the native QF event queue.

Details
Initialize the event queue by giving it the storage for the ring buffer.

Parameters

[in,out]	me	current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)
[in]	qSto	an array of QEvtPtr to serve as the ring buffer for the event queue
[in]	qLen	the length of the qSto buffer (in QEvt pointers)

Note: The actual capacity of the queue is qLen + 1, because of the extra location forntEvt.; This function is also used to initialize the event queues of active objects in the built-in QV and QK kernels, as well as other QP ports to OSes/RTOSes that do provide a suitable message queue.

Definition at line 44 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_post()

bool QEQueue_post	(	QEQueue *const	me,
		struct QEvt const *const	e,
		uint_fast16_t const	margin,
		uint_fast8_t const	qsId )

Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue (FIFO).

Details
Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue using the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) order.

Parameters

[in,out]	me	current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)
[in]	e	pointer to the event to be posted to the queue
[in]	margin	number of required free slots in the queue after posting the event. The special value QF_NO_MARGIN means that this function will assert if posting
[in]	qsId	QS-id of this state machine (for QS local filter)

Returns: 'true' (success) when the posting succeeded with the provided margin and 'false' (failure) when the posting fails.

Note: The QF_NO_MARGIN value of the margin parameter is special and denotes a situation when the post() operation is assumed to succeed (event delivery guarantee). An assertion fires when the event cannot be delivered.; This function can be called from any task context or ISR context.

See also

QEQueue_postLIFO()
QEQueue_get()

Definition at line 71 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_postLIFO()

void QEQueue_postLIFO	(	QEQueue *const	me,
		struct QEvt const *const	e,
		uint_fast8_t const	qsId )

Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue (LIFO).

Details
Post an event to the "raw" thread-safe event queue using the Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) order.

Parameters

[in,out]	me	current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)
[in]	e	pointer to the event to be posted to the queue
[in]	qsId	QS-id of this state machine (for QS local filter)

Attention: The LIFO policy should be used only with great caution, because it alters the order of events in the queue.

Note: This function can be called from any task context or ISR context.; This function is used for the "raw" thread-safe queues and not for the queues of active objects.

See also

QEQueue_post()
QEQueue_get()
QActive_defer()

Definition at line 156 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_get()

struct QEvt const * QEQueue_get	(	QEQueue *const	me,
		uint_fast8_t const	qsId )

Obtain an event from the "raw" thread-safe queue.

Details
Retrieves an event from the front of the "raw" thread-safe queue and returns a pointer to this event to the caller.

Parameters

[in,out]	me	current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)
[in]	qsId	QS-id of this state machine (for QS local filter)

Returns: pointer to event at the front of the queue, if the queue is not empty and NULL if the queue is empty.

Note: This function is used for the "raw" thread-safe queues and not for the queues of active objects.

See also

QEQueue_post()
QEQueue_postLIFO()
QActive_recall()

Definition at line 214 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_getFree()

uint16_t QEQueue_getFree ( QEQueue const *const me )

Obtain the number of free entries still available in the queue.

Details
This operation needs to be used with caution because the number of free entries can change unexpectedly. The main intent for using this operation is in conjunction with event deferral. In this case, the queue is accessed only from a single thread (by a single AO), so the number of free entries cannot change unexpectedly.

Parameters

[in] me current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)

Returns: the current number of free slots in the queue.

Definition at line 290 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_getUse()

uint16_t QEQueue_getUse ( QEQueue const *const me )

Obtain the number of entries in use in the queue.

Details
This operation needs to be used with caution because the number of entries in use can change unexpectedly. The main intent for using this operation is in conjunction with event deferral. In this case, the queue is accessed only from a single thread (by a single AO), so the number of free entries cannot change unexpectedly.

Parameters

[in] me current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)

Returns: the current number of used slots in the queue.

Definition at line 279 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_getMin()

uint16_t QEQueue_getMin ( QEQueue const *const me )

Obtain the minimum number of free entries ever in the queue (a.k.a. "low-watermark").

Details
This operation needs to be used with caution because the "low-watermark" can change unexpectedly. The main intent for using this operation is to get an idea of queue usage to size the queue adequately.

Parameters

[in] me current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)

Returns: the minimum number of free entries ever in the queue since init.

Definition at line 297 of file qf_qeq.c.

◆ QEQueue_isEmpty()

bool QEQueue_isEmpty ( QEQueue const *const me )

Find out if the queue is empty.

Details
This operation needs to be used with caution because the queue status can change unexpectedly. The main intent for using this operation is in conjunction with event deferral. In this case, the queue is accessed only from a single thread (by a single AO), so no other entity can post events to the queue.

Parameters

[in,out] me current instance pointer (see SAS_QP_OO)

Returns: 'true' if the queue is currently empty and 'false' otherwise.

Definition at line 304 of file qf_qeq.c.

Member Data Documentation

◆ frontEvt

struct QEvt const* frontEvt

private

Pointer to event at the front of the queue.

Details
All incoming and outgoing events pass through the frontEvt location. When the queue is empty (which is most of the time), the extra frontEvt location allows bypassing the ring buffer altogether, significantly optimizing the performance of the queue. Only bursts of events engage the ring buffer.

The additional role of this attribute is to indicate the empty status of the queue. The queue is empty when frontEvt is NULL.

Definition at line 49 of file qequeue.h.

◆ ring

struct QEvt const* * ring

private

Pointer to the start of the ring buffer.

Definition at line 50 of file qequeue.h.

◆ end

QEQueueCtr end

private

Offset of the end of the ring buffer from the start of the buffer.

Definition at line 51 of file qequeue.h.

◆ head

QEQueueCtr head

private

Offset to where next event will be inserted into the buffer.

Definition at line 52 of file qequeue.h.

◆ tail

QEQueueCtr tail

private

Offset of where next event will be extracted from the buffer.

Definition at line 53 of file qequeue.h.

◆ nFree

QEQueueCtr nFree

private

Number of free events in the ring buffer.

Definition at line 54 of file qequeue.h.

◆ nMin

QEQueueCtr nMin

private

Minimum number of free events ever in the ring buffer.

Details
This attribute remembers the low-watermark of the ring buffer, which provides valuable information for sizing event queues.

See also: QF_getQueueMargin()

Definition at line 55 of file qequeue.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:


QP/C 8.1.1 Real-Time Event Framework

Public Member Functions

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ QEQueue_init()

◆ QEQueue_post()

◆ QEQueue_postLIFO()

◆ QEQueue_get()

◆ QEQueue_getFree()

◆ QEQueue_getUse()

◆ QEQueue_getMin()

◆ QEQueue_isEmpty()

Member Data Documentation

◆ frontEvt

◆ ring

◆ end

◆ head

◆ tail

◆ nFree

◆ nMin