[Xenomai-help] blocked or not blocked call on snippet/shared_mem.c?

[Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas]

Thanks for clarifying!
I think I got the point.

Regards,

Rodrigo.

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Em Quarta 18 Janeiro 2006 19:58, você escreveu:

>> I'm confused. Did you really mean TM_NONBLOCK?
>> Am I missing something?
>
>I think you have to read it like this:
>
>       Bind to a shared heap which has been created elsewhere, either
>       in kernel or user-space. The call will block us until such heap
>       is created with the expected name.
>
>       Therefore (because we do not want (and are probably unable to, see
>below)), we supply TM_NONBLOCK.
>
>       The heap should have been
>       created with the H_SHARED mode set, which is implicit when
>       creation takes place in user-space.
>
>Additionally, I think the process wouldn't even block if requested because
>it is not a Xenomai thread. Use rt_task_shadow() to promote it. Make sure
>you have a suitable bailout mechanism if you happen to start waiting
>indefinitely.
>
>
>Jeroen.

	

	
		
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