The Semaphore class is used to manage and protect access to a set of shared resources. More...

#include <Semaphore.h>

Inheritance diagram for Semaphore:

Public Member Functions
	Semaphore (int32_t count=0)
	Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources. More...

	Semaphore (int32_t count, uint16_t max_count)
	Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources. More...

int32_t	wait (uint32_t millisec=osWaitForever)
	Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available. More...

int32_t	wait_until (uint64_t millisec)
	Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available. More...

void	acquire ()
	Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available. More...

bool	try_acquire ()
	Try to acquire a Semaphore resource, and return immediately. More...

bool	try_acquire_for (uint32_t millisec)
	Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available. More...

bool	try_acquire_until (uint64_t millisec)
	Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available. More...

osStatus	release (void)
	Release a Semaphore resource that was obtain with Semaphore::acquire. More...

	~Semaphore ()
	Semaphore destructor. More...

Detailed Description

The Semaphore class is used to manage and protect access to a set of shared resources.

Note: Memory considerations: The semaphore control structures will be created on current thread's stack, both for the mbed OS and underlying RTOS objects (static or dynamic RTOS memory pools are not being used).

Definition at line 47 of file Semaphore.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Semaphore ( int32_t count = 0 )

Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources.

Parameters

count number of available resources; maximum index value is (count-1). (default: 0).

Note: You cannot call this function from ISR context.

Semaphore	(	int32_t	count,
		uint16_t	max_count
	)

Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources.

Parameters

count	number of available resources
max_count	maximum number of available resources

Note: You cannot call this function from ISR context.

~Semaphore ( )

Semaphore destructor.

Note: You cannot call this function from ISR context.

Member Function Documentation

void acquire ( )

Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.

Note: You cannot call this function from ISR context.

osStatus release ( void )

Release a Semaphore resource that was obtain with Semaphore::acquire.

Returns: status code that indicates the execution status of the function: osOK the token has been correctly released. osErrorResource the maximum token count has been reached. osErrorParameter internal error.

Note: You may call this function from ISR context.

bool try_acquire ( )

Try to acquire a Semaphore resource, and return immediately.

Returns: true if a resource was acquired, false otherwise.

Note: equivalent to try_acquire_for(0); You may call this function from ISR context.

bool try_acquire_for ( uint32_t millisec )

Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.

Parameters

millisec timeout value.

Returns: true if a resource was acquired, false otherwise.

Note: You may call this function from ISR context if the millisec parameter is set to 0.

bool try_acquire_until ( uint64_t millisec )

Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.

Parameters

millisec absolute timeout time, referenced to Kernel::get_ms_count()

Returns: true if a resource was acquired, false otherwise.

Note: the underlying RTOS may have a limit to the maximum wait time due to internal 32-bit computations, but this is guaranteed to work if the wait is <= 0x7fffffff milliseconds (~24 days). If the limit is exceeded, the acquire attempt will time out earlier than specified.; You cannot call this function from ISR context.

int32_t wait ( uint32_t millisec = osWaitForever )

Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.

Deprecated:: Do not use this function. This function has been replaced with acquire(), try_acquire() and try_acquire_for() functions.

Parameters

millisec timeout value. (default: osWaitForever).

Returns: number of available tokens, before taking one; or -1 in case of incorrect parameters

Note: You may call this function from ISR context if the millisec parameter is set to 0.

int32_t wait_until ( uint64_t millisec )

Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.

Deprecated:: Do not use this function. This function has been replaced with try_acquire_until().

Parameters

millisec absolute timeout time, referenced to Kernel::get_ms_count()

Returns: number of available tokens, before taking one; or -1 in case of incorrect parameters

Note: the underlying RTOS may have a limit to the maximum wait time due to internal 32-bit computations, but this is guaranteed to work if the wait is <= 0x7fffffff milliseconds (~24 days). If the limit is exceeded, the acquire attempt will time out earlier than specified.; You cannot call this function from ISR context.

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

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