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On 6/8/2012 7:14 PM, Andrew Johnson wrote:
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typedef unsigned long epicsSLFlag;
What actually gets stored in this (why is it a ULong)?
The purpose is the same as the return value of epicsInterruptLock. It
is an opaque piece of data which is passed from the lock() call to the
unlock() call. I believe this has been used as a mask to indicate which
interrupts are disabled.
I used 'unsigned long' in the example, but the formal specification
would be:
typedef <unspecified> epicsSpinKey;
I'm not too concerned about this as there is evidence that 'unsigned
long' would be sufficient are currently support architectures..
http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.4.2/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h#L157
Part of me would like
to use the term "key" or maybe "state" instead of "flag", but that depends
what it's actually for.
typedef unsigned long epicsSpinKey;
Ok.
#define epicsSLLocalFlag(name) epicsSLFlag name = 0
Not keen, depends on answer above...
The only use of this type is as a function local variable. This is an
attempt to make this case more convenient. The zero assignment is meant
to avoid compiler warnings about using of an uninitialized variable when
passing the pointer to the lock() function.
Michael
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