Now only the bits that really need to be written in assembler are written
in it, otherwise C is used. This means that the assembler code no longer
needs to know about the global state structure which makes it much easier
to maintain.
This is a pristine copy (actually a subset of files) of upstream FreeRTOS
v9.0.0.
Modifications to the previous version of FreeRTOS (v8.1.2) included
addition of __attribute__ ((section (".boot"))) to the following
functions:
pxPortInitialiseStack
prvTaskExitError
prvPortStartFirstTask
xPortStartScheduler
vPortSetupTimerInterrupt
xTaskGenericCreate
vTaskStartScheduler
prvInitialiseTCBVariables
prvInitialiseTaskLists
prvAllocateTCBAndStack
This attribute will need to be reinstated on a case-by-case basis
because some of the above functions are now removed/changed.
SA_SIGINFO allows the signal handler to access more information about
the signal, especially useful in a threaded environment. The extra
information is not currently used but it may prove useful in the future.
GC_EXIT() can cause a pending thread (waiting on the mutex) to be
scheduled right away. This other thread may trigger a garbage
collection. If the pointer to the newly-allocated block (allocated by
the original thread) is not computed before the switch (so it's just left
as a block number) then the block will be wrongly reclaimed.
This patch makes sure the pointer is computed before allowing any thread
switch to occur.
Damien George