FreeRTOS-Kernel/Source/include/task.h

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#ifndef TASK_H
#define TASK_H

#include "portable.h"
#include "list.h"

/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * MACROS AND DEFINITIONS
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

#define tskKERNEL_VERSION_NUMBER "V4.0.5"

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Type by which tasks are referenced.  For example, a call to xTaskCreate
 * returns (via a pointer parameter) an xTaskHandle variable that can then
 * be used as a parameter to vTaskDelete to delete the task.
 *
 * \page xTaskHandle xTaskHandle
 * \ingroup Tasks
 */
typedef void * xTaskHandle;

/*
 * Used internally only.
 */
typedef struct xTIME_OUT
{
    portBASE_TYPE xOverflowCount;
    portTickType  xTimeOnEntering;
} xTimeOutType;

/*
 * Defines the priority used by the idle task.  This must not be modified.
 *
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
#define tskIDLE_PRIORITY			( ( unsigned portBASE_TYPE ) 0 )

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Macro for forcing a context switch.
 *
 * \page taskYIELD taskYIELD
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
#define taskYIELD()					portYIELD()

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Macro to mark the start of a critical code region.  Preemptive context
 * switches cannot occur when in a critical region.
 *
 * NOTE: This may alter the stack (depending on the portable implementation)
 * so must be used with care!
 *
 * \page taskENTER_CRITICAL taskENTER_CRITICAL
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
#define taskENTER_CRITICAL()		portENTER_CRITICAL()

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Macro to mark the end of a critical code region.  Preemptive context
 * switches cannot occur when in a critical region.
 *
 * NOTE: This may alter the stack (depending on the portable implementation)
 * so must be used with care!
 *
 * \page taskEXIT_CRITICAL taskEXIT_CRITICAL
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
#define taskEXIT_CRITICAL()			portEXIT_CRITICAL()

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Macro to disable all maskable interrupts.
 *
 * \page taskDISABLE_INTERRUPTS taskDISABLE_INTERRUPTS
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
#define taskDISABLE_INTERRUPTS()	portDISABLE_INTERRUPTS()

/**
 * task. h
 *
 * Macro to enable microcontroller interrupts.
 *
 * \page taskENABLE_INTERRUPTS taskENABLE_INTERRUPTS
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
#define taskENABLE_INTERRUPTS()		portENABLE_INTERRUPTS()


/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * TASK CREATION API
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

/**
 * task. h
 *<pre>
 portBASE_TYPE xTaskCreate(
                              pdTASK_CODE pvTaskCode,
                              const portCHAR * const pcName,
                              unsigned portSHORT usStackDepth,
                              void *pvParameters,
                              unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxPriority,
                              xTaskHandle *pvCreatedTask
                          );</pre>
 *
 * Create a new task and add it to the list of tasks that are ready to run.
 *
 * @param pvTaskCode Pointer to the task entry function.  Tasks
 * must be implemented to never return (i.e. continuous loop).
 *
 * @param pcName A descriptive name for the task.  This is mainly used to
 * facilitate debugging.  Max length defined by tskMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN - default
 * is 16.
 *
 * @param usStackDepth The size of the task stack specified as the number of
 * variables the stack can hold - not the number of bytes.  For example, if
 * the stack is 16 bits wide and usStackDepth is defined as 100, 200 bytes
 * will be allocated for stack storage.
 *
 * @param pvParameters Pointer that will be used as the parameter for the task
 * being created.
 *
 * @param uxPriority The priority at which the task should run.
 *
 * @param pvCreatedTask Used to pass back a handle by which the created task
 * can be referenced.
 *
 * @return pdPASS if the task was successfully created and added to a ready
 * list, otherwise an error code defined in the file errors. h
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 // Task to be created.
 void vTaskCode( void * pvParameters )
 {
     for( ;; )
     {
         // Task code goes here.
     }
 }

 // Function that creates a task.
 void vOtherFunction( void )
 {
 unsigned char ucParameterToPass;
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create the task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, &ucParameterToPass, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );
		
     // Use the handle to delete the task.
     vTaskDelete( xHandle );
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup xTaskCreate xTaskCreate
 * \ingroup Tasks
 */
signed portBASE_TYPE xTaskCreate( pdTASK_CODE pvTaskCode, const signed portCHAR * const pcName, unsigned portSHORT usStackDepth, void *pvParameters, unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxPriority, xTaskHandle *pvCreatedTask );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskDelete( xTaskHandle pxTask );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskDelete must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Remove a task from the RTOS real time kernels management.  The task being
 * deleted will be removed from all ready, blocked, suspended and event lists.
 *
 * NOTE:  The idle task is responsible for freeing the kernel allocated
 * memory from tasks that have been deleted.  It is therefore important that
 * the idle task is not starved of microcontroller processing time if your
 * application makes any calls to vTaskDelete ().  Memory allocated by the
 * task code is not automatically freed, and should be freed before the task
 * is deleted.
 *
 * See the demo application file death.c for sample code that utilises
 * vTaskDelete ().
 *
 * @param pxTask The handle of the task to be deleted.  Passing NULL will
 * cause the calling task to be deleted.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vOtherFunction( void )
 {
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create the task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );
		
     // Use the handle to delete the task.
     vTaskDelete( xHandle );
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskDelete vTaskDelete
 * \ingroup Tasks
 */
void vTaskDelete( xTaskHandle pxTask );


/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * TASK CONTROL API
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskDelay( portTickType xTicksToDelay );</pre>
 *
 * Delay a task for a given number of ticks.  The actual time that the
 * task remains blocked depends on the tick rate.  The constant
 * portTICK_RATE_MS can be used to calculate real time from the tick
 * rate - with the resolution of one tick period.
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskDelay must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * @param xTicksToDelay The amount of time, in tick periods, that
 * the calling task should block.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 // Wait 10 ticks before performing an action.
 // NOTE:
 // This is for demonstration only and would be better achieved
 // using vTaskDelayUntil ().
 void vTaskFunction( void * pvParameters )
 {
 portTickType xDelay, xNextTime;

     // Calc the time at which we want to perform the action
     // next.
     xNextTime = xTaskGetTickCount () + ( portTickType ) 10;

     for( ;; )
     {
         xDelay = xNextTime - xTaskGetTickCount ();
         xNextTime += ( portTickType ) 10;

         // Guard against overflow
         if( xDelay <= ( portTickType ) 10 )
         {
             vTaskDelay( xDelay );
         }

         // Perform action here.
     }
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskDelay vTaskDelay
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
void vTaskDelay( portTickType xTicksToDelay );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskDelayUntil( portTickType *pxPreviousWakeTime, portTickType xTimeIncrement );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskDelayUntil must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Delay a task until a specified time.  This function can be used by cyclical
 * tasks to ensure a constant execution frequency.
 *
 * This function differs from vTaskDelay () in one important aspect:  vTaskDelay () will
 * cause a task to block for the specified number of ticks from the time vTaskDelay () is
 * called.  It is therefore difficult to use vTaskDelay () by itself to generate a fixed
 * execution frequency as the time between a task starting to execute and that task
 * calling vTaskDelay () may not be fixed [the task may take a different path though the
 * code between calls, or may get interrupted or preempted a different number of times
 * each time it executes].
 *
 * Whereas vTaskDelay () specifies a wake time relative to the time at which the function
 * is called, vTaskDelayUntil () specifies the absolute (exact) time at which it wishes to
 * unblock.
 *
 * The constant portTICK_RATE_MS can be used to calculate real time from the tick
 * rate - with the resolution of one tick period.
 *
 * @param pxPreviousWakeTime Pointer to a variable that holds the time at which the
 * task was last unblocked.  The variable must be initialised with the current time
 * prior to its first use (see the example below).  Following this the variable is
 * automatically updated within vTaskDelayUntil ().
 *
 * @param xTimeIncrement The cycle time period.  The task will be unblocked at
 * time *pxPreviousWakeTime + xTimeIncrement.  Calling vTaskDelayUntil with the
 * same xTimeIncrement parameter value will cause the task to execute with
 * a fixed interface period.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 // Perform an action every 10 ticks.
 void vTaskFunction( void * pvParameters )
 {
 portTickType xLastWakeTime;
 const portTickType xFrequency = 10;

     // Initialise the xLastWakeTime variable with the current time.
     xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount ();
     for( ;; )
     {
         // Wait for the next cycle.
         vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, xFrequency );

         // Perform action here.
     }
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskDelayUntil vTaskDelayUntil
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
void vTaskDelayUntil( portTickType *pxPreviousWakeTime, portTickType xTimeIncrement );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxTaskPriorityGet( xTaskHandle pxTask );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_xTaskPriorityGet must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Obtain the priority of any task.
 *
 * @param pxTask Handle of the task to be queried.  Passing a NULL
 * handle results in the priority of the calling task being returned.
 *
 * @return The priority of pxTask.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vAFunction( void )
 {
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create a task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );
		
     // ...

     // Use the handle to obtain the priority of the created task.
     // It was created with tskIDLE_PRIORITY, but may have changed
     // it itself.
     if( uxTaskPriorityGet( xHandle ) != tskIDLE_PRIORITY )
     {
         // The task has changed it's priority.
     }

     // ...

     // Is our priority higher than the created task?
     if( uxTaskPriorityGet( xHandle ) < uxTaskPriorityGet( NULL ) )
     {
         // Our priority (obtained using NULL handle) is higher.
     }
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup uxTaskPriorityGet uxTaskPriorityGet
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxTaskPriorityGet( xTaskHandle pxTask );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskPrioritySet( xTaskHandle pxTask, unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxNewPriority );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskPrioritySet must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Set the priority of any task.
 *
 * A context switch will occur before the function returns if the priority
 * being set is higher than the currently executing task.
 *
 * @param pxTask Handle to the task for which the priority is being set.
 * Passing a NULL handle results in the priority of the calling task being set.
 *
 * @param uxNewPriority The priority to which the task will be set.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vAFunction( void )
 {
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create a task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );

     // ...

     // Use the handle to raise the priority of the created task.
     vTaskPrioritySet( xHandle, tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 1 );

     // ...

     // Use a NULL handle to raise our priority to the same value.
     vTaskPrioritySet( NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 1 );
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskPrioritySet vTaskPrioritySet
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
void vTaskPrioritySet( xTaskHandle pxTask, unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxNewPriority );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskSuspend( xTaskHandle pxTaskToSuspend );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Suspend any task.  When suspended a task will never get any microcontroller
 * processing time, no matter what its priority.
 *
 * Calls to vTaskSuspend are not accumulative -
 * i.e. calling vTaskSuspend () twice on the same task still only requires one
 * call to vTaskResume () to ready the suspended task.
 *
 * @param pxTaskToSuspend Handle to the task being suspended.  Passing a NULL
 * handle will cause the calling task to be suspended.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vAFunction( void )
 {
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create a task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );
		
     // ...

     // Use the handle to suspend the created task.
     vTaskSuspend( xHandle );

     // ...
		
     // The created task will not run during this period, unless
     // another task calls vTaskResume( xHandle ).
		
     //...
		

     // Suspend ourselves.
     vTaskSuspend( NULL );

     // We cannot get here unless another task calls vTaskResume
     // with our handle as the parameter.
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskSuspend vTaskSuspend
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
void vTaskSuspend( xTaskHandle pxTaskToSuspend );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskResume( xTaskHandle pxTaskToResume );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend must be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Resumes a suspended task.
 *
 * A task that has been suspended by one of more calls to vTaskSuspend ()
 * will be made available for running again by a single call to
 * vTaskResume ().
 *
 * @param pxTaskToResume Handle to the task being readied.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vAFunction( void )
 {
 xTaskHandle xHandle;
		
     // Create a task, storing the handle.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, &xHandle );
		
     // ...

     // Use the handle to suspend the created task.
     vTaskSuspend( xHandle );

     // ...
	
     // The created task will not run during this period, unless
     // another task calls vTaskResume( xHandle ).
		
     //...
		

     // Resume the suspended task ourselves.
     vTaskResume( xHandle );

     // The created task will once again get microcontroller processing
     // time in accordance with it priority within the system.
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskResume vTaskResume
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
void vTaskResume( xTaskHandle pxTaskToResume );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void xTaskResumeFromISR( xTaskHandle pxTaskToResume );</pre>
 *
 * INCLUDE_xTaskResumeFromISR must be defined as 1 for this function to be 
 * available.  See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * An implementation of vTaskResume() that can be called from within an ISR.
 *
 * A task that has been suspended by one of more calls to vTaskSuspend ()
 * will be made available for running again by a single call to
 * xTaskResumeFromISR ().
 *
 * @param pxTaskToResume Handle to the task being readied.
 *
 * \defgroup vTaskResumeFromISR vTaskResumeFromISR
 * \ingroup TaskCtrl
 */
portBASE_TYPE xTaskResumeFromISR( xTaskHandle pxTaskToResume );

/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * SCHEDULER CONTROL
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskStartScheduler( void );</pre>
 *
 * Starts the real time kernel tick processing.  After calling the kernel
 * has control over which tasks are executed and when.  This function
 * does not return until an executing task calls vTaskEndScheduler ().
 *
 * At least one task should be created via a call to xTaskCreate ()
 * before calling vTaskStartScheduler ().  The idle task is created
 * automatically when the first application task is created.
 *
 * See the demo application file main.c for an example of creating
 * tasks and starting the kernel.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vAFunction( void )
 {
     // Create at least one task before starting the kernel.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, NULL );

     // Start the real time kernel with preemption.
     vTaskStartScheduler ();

     // Will not get here unless a task calls vTaskEndScheduler ()
 }
   </pre>
 *
 * \defgroup vTaskStartScheduler vTaskStartScheduler
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
void vTaskStartScheduler( void );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskEndScheduler( void );</pre>
 *
 * Stops the real time kernel tick.  All created tasks will be automatically
 * deleted and multitasking (either preemptive or cooperative) will
 * stop.  Execution then resumes from the point where vTaskStartScheduler ()
 * was called, as if vTaskStartScheduler () had just returned.
 *
 * See the demo application file main. c in the demo/PC directory for an
 * example that uses vTaskEndScheduler ().
 *
 * vTaskEndScheduler () requires an exit function to be defined within the
 * portable layer (see vPortEndScheduler () in port. c for the PC port).  This
 * performs hardware specific operations such as stopping the kernel tick.
 *
 * vTaskEndScheduler () will cause all of the resources allocated by the
 * kernel to be freed - but will not free resources allocated by application
 * tasks.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vTaskCode( void * pvParameters )
 {
     for( ;; )
     {
         // Task code goes here.

         // At some point we want to end the real time kernel processing
         // so call ...
         vTaskEndScheduler ();
     }
 }

 void vAFunction( void )
 {
     // Create at least one task before starting the kernel.
     xTaskCreate( vTaskCode, "NAME", STACK_SIZE, NULL, tskIDLE_PRIORITY, NULL );

     // Start the real time kernel with preemption.
     vTaskStartScheduler ();

     // Will only get here when the vTaskCode () task has called
     // vTaskEndScheduler ().  When we get here we are back to single task
     // execution.
 }
   </pre>
 *
 * \defgroup vTaskEndScheduler vTaskEndScheduler
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
void vTaskEndScheduler( void );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>void vTaskSuspendAll( void );</pre>
 *
 * Suspends all real time kernel activity while keeping interrupts (including the
 * kernel tick) enabled.
 *
 * After calling vTaskSuspendAll () the calling task will continue to execute
 * without risk of being swapped out until a call to xTaskResumeAll () has been
 * made.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vTask1( void * pvParameters )
 {
     for( ;; )
     {
         // Task code goes here.

         // ...

         // At some point the task wants to perform a long operation during
         // which it does not want to get swapped out.  It cannot use
         // taskENTER_CRITICAL ()/taskEXIT_CRITICAL () as the length of the
         // operation may cause interrupts to be missed - including the
         // ticks.

         // Prevent the real time kernel swapping out the task.
         vTaskSuspendAll ();

         // Perform the operation here.  There is no need to use critical
         // sections as we have all the microcontroller processing time.
         // During this time interrupts will still operate and the kernel
         // tick count will be maintained.

         // ...

         // The operation is complete.  Restart the kernel.
         xTaskResumeAll ();
     }
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup vTaskSuspendAll vTaskSuspendAll
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
void vTaskSuspendAll( void );

/**
 * task. h
 * <pre>portCHAR xTaskResumeAll( void );</pre>
 *
 * Resumes real time kernel activity following a call to vTaskSuspendAll ().
 * After a call to vTaskSuspendAll () the kernel will take control of which
 * task is executing at any time.
 *
 * @return If resuming the scheduler caused a context switch then pdTRUE is
 *         returned, otherwise pdFALSE is returned.
 *
 * Example usage:
   <pre>
 void vTask1( void * pvParameters )
 {
     for( ;; )
     {
         // Task code goes here.

         // ...

         // At some point the task wants to perform a long operation during
         // which it does not want to get swapped out.  It cannot use
         // taskENTER_CRITICAL ()/taskEXIT_CRITICAL () as the length of the
         // operation may cause interrupts to be missed - including the
         // ticks.

         // Prevent the real time kernel swapping out the task.
         vTaskSuspendAll ();

         // Perform the operation here.  There is no need to use critical
         // sections as we have all the microcontroller processing time.
         // During this time interrupts will still operate and the real
         // time kernel tick count will be maintained.

         // ...

         // The operation is complete.  Restart the kernel.  We want to force
         // a context switch - but there is no point if resuming the scheduler
         // caused a context switch already.
         if( !xTaskResumeAll () )
         {
              taskYIELD ();
         }
     }
 }
   </pre>
 * \defgroup xTaskResumeAll xTaskResumeAll
 * \ingroup SchedulerControl
 */
signed portBASE_TYPE xTaskResumeAll( void );


/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * TASK UTILITIES
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

/**
 * task. h
 * <PRE>volatile portTickType xTaskGetTickCount( void );</PRE>
 *
 * @return The count of ticks since vTaskStartScheduler was called.
 *
 * \page xTaskGetTickCount xTaskGetTickCount
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
portTickType xTaskGetTickCount( void );

/**
 * task. h
 * <PRE>unsigned portSHORT uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks( void );</PRE>
 *
 * @return The number of tasks that the real time kernel is currently managing.
 * This includes all ready, blocked and suspended tasks.  A task that
 * has been deleted but not yet freed by the idle task will also be
 * included in the count.
 *
 * \page uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxTaskGetNumberOfTasks( void );

/**
 * task. h
 * <PRE>void vTaskList( portCHAR *pcWriteBuffer );</PRE>
 *
 * configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY, INCLUDE_vTaskDelete and INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend
 * must all be defined as 1 for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * NOTE: This function will disable interrupts for its duration.  It is
 * not intended for normal application runtime use but as a debug aid.
 *
 * Lists all the current tasks, along with their current state and stack
 * usage high water mark.
 *
 * Tasks are reported as blocked ('B'), ready ('R'), deleted ('D') or
 * suspended ('S').
 *
 * @param pcWriteBuffer A buffer into which the above mentioned details
 * will be written, in ascii form.  This buffer is assumed to be large
 * enough to contain the generated report.  Approximately 40 bytes per
 * task should be sufficient.
 *
 * \page vTaskList vTaskList
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
void vTaskList( signed portCHAR *pcWriteBuffer );

/**
 * task. h
 * <PRE>void vTaskStartTrace( portCHAR * pcBuffer, unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxBufferSize );</PRE>
 *
 * Starts a real time kernel activity trace.  The trace logs the identity of
 * which task is running when.
 *
 * The trace file is stored in binary format.  A separate DOS utility called
 * convtrce.exe is used to convert this into a tab delimited text file which
 * can be viewed and plotted in a spread sheet.
 *
 * @param pcBuffer The buffer into which the trace will be written.
 *
 * @param ulBufferSize The size of pcBuffer in bytes.  The trace will continue
 * until either the buffer in full, or ulTaskEndTrace () is called.
 *
 * \page vTaskStartTrace vTaskStartTrace
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
void vTaskStartTrace( signed portCHAR * pcBuffer, unsigned portLONG ulBufferSize );

/**
 * task. h
 * <PRE>unsigned portLONG ulTaskEndTrace( void );</PRE>
 *
 * Stops a kernel activity trace.  See vTaskStartTrace ().
 *
 * @return The number of bytes that have been written into the trace buffer.
 *
 * \page usTaskEndTrace usTaskEndTrace
 * \ingroup TaskUtils
 */
unsigned portLONG ulTaskEndTrace( void );


/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * SCHEDULER INTERNALS AVAILABLE FOR PORTING PURPOSES
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/

/*
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST NOT BE USED FROM APPLICATION CODE.  IT IS ONLY
 * INTENDED FOR USE WHEN IMPLEMENTING A PORT OF THE SCHEDULER AND IS
 * AN INTERFACE WHICH IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SCHEDULER.
 *
 * Called from the real time kernel tick (either preemptive or cooperative),
 * this increments the tick count and checks if any tasks that are blocked
 * for a finite period required removing from a blocked list and placing on
 * a ready list.
 */
inline void vTaskIncrementTick( void );

/*
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST NOT BE USED FROM APPLICATION CODE.  IT IS AN
 * INTERFACE WHICH IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SCHEDULER.
 *
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST BE CALLED WITH INTERRUPTS DISABLED.
 *
 * Removes the calling task from the ready list and places it both
 * on the list of tasks waiting for a particular event, and the
 * list of delayed tasks.  The task will be removed from both lists
 * and replaced on the ready list should either the event occur (and
 * there be no higher priority tasks waiting on the same event) or
 * the delay period expires.
 *
 * @param pxEventList The list containing tasks that are blocked waiting
 * for the event to occur.
 *
 * @param xTicksToWait The maximum amount of time that the task should wait
 * for the event to occur.  This is specified in kernel ticks,the constant
 * portTICK_RATE_MS can be used to convert kernel ticks into a real time
 * period.
 */
void vTaskPlaceOnEventList( xList *pxEventList, portTickType xTicksToWait );

/*
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST NOT BE USED FROM APPLICATION CODE.  IT IS AN
 * INTERFACE WHICH IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SCHEDULER.
 *
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST BE CALLED WITH INTERRUPTS DISABLED.
 *
 * Removes a task from both the specified event list and the list of blocked
 * tasks, and places it on a ready queue.
 *
 * xTaskRemoveFromEventList () will be called if either an event occurs to
 * unblock a task, or the block timeout period expires.
 *
 * @return pdTRUE if the task being removed has a higher priority than the task
 * making the call, otherwise pdFALSE.
 */
signed portBASE_TYPE xTaskRemoveFromEventList( const xList *pxEventList );

/*
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST NOT BE USED FROM APPLICATION CODE.  IT IS AN
 * INTERFACE WHICH IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SCHEDULER.
 *
 * INCLUDE_vTaskCleanUpResources and INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend must be defined as 1
 * for this function to be available.
 * See the configuration section for more information.
 *
 * Empties the ready and delayed queues of task control blocks, freeing the
 * memory allocated for the task control block and task stacks as it goes.
 */
void vTaskCleanUpResources( void );

/*
 * THIS FUNCTION MUST NOT BE USED FROM APPLICATION CODE.  IT IS ONLY
 * INTENDED FOR USE WHEN IMPLEMENTING A PORT OF THE SCHEDULER AND IS
 * AN INTERFACE WHICH IS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SCHEDULER.
 *
 * Sets the pointer to the current TCB to the TCB of the highest priority task
 * that is ready to run.
 */
inline void vTaskSwitchContext( void );

/*
 * Return the handle of the calling task.
 */
xTaskHandle xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle( void );

/*
 * Capture the current time status for future reference.
 */
void vTaskSetTimeOutState( xTimeOutType *pxTimeOut );

/*
 * Compare the time status now with that previously captured to see if the
 * timeout has expired.
 */
portBASE_TYPE xTaskCheckForTimeOut( xTimeOutType *pxTimeOut, portTickType *pxTicksToWait );

/*
 * Shortcut used by the queue implementation to prevent unnecessary call to
 * taskYIELD();
 */
void vTaskMissedYield( void );

#endif /* TASK_H */