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Commit 57143ae8 authored by Gregory Nutt's avatar Gregory Nutt
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NuttX TODO List (Last updated November 2, 2017)
NuttX TODO List (Last updated November 11, 2017)
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This file summarizes known NuttX bugs, limitations, inconsistencies with
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(1) Memory Management (mm/)
(0) Power Management (drivers/pm)
(3) Signals (sched/signal, arch/)
(3) pthreads (sched/pthread)
(2) pthreads (sched/pthread)
(0) Message Queues (sched/mqueue)
(8) Kernel/Protected Build
(3) C++ Support
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solution. So I discarded a few hours of programming. Not a
big loss from the experience I gained."
Title: ISSUES WITH CANCELLATION POINTS
Description: According to POSIX cancellation points must occur when a
thread is executing the following functions. There are some
exceptions as noted:
accept() mq_timedsend() NA putpmsg() sigtimedwait()
aio_suspend() NA msgrcv() pwrite() sigwait()
NA clock_nanosleep() NA msgsnd() read() sigwaitinfo()
close() NA msync() readv() sleep()
connect() nanosleep() recv() 01 system()
-- creat() open() recvfrom() tcdrain()
fcntl() pause() NA recvmsg() usleep()
NA fdatasync() poll() select() -- wait()
fsync() pread() sem_timedwait() waitid()
NA getmsg() NA pselect() sem_wait() waitpid()
NA getpmsg() pthread_cond_timedwait() send() write()
NA lockf() pthread_cond_wait() NA sendmsg() writev()
mq_receive() pthread_join() sendto()
mq_send() pthread_testcancel() sigpause()
mq_timedreceive() NA putmsg() sigsuspend()
NA Not supported
-- Doesn't need instrumentation. Handled by lower level calls.
nn See note nn
NOTE 01: system() is actually implemented in apps/ as part of NSH. It cannot be
a cancellation point but probably will cause a cancellation due to lower level
system calls.
Status: Not really open. This is just the way it is.
Priority: Nothing additional is planned.
Title: INAPPROPRIATE USE OF sched_lock() BY pthreads
Description: In implementation of standard pthread functions, the non-
standard, NuttX function sched_lock() is used. This is very
strong sense it disables pre-emption for all threads in all
strong since it disables pre-emption for all threads in all
task groups. I believe it is only really necessary in most
cases to lock threads in the task group with a new non-
standard interface, say pthread_lock().
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This is an easy change: pthread_lock() and pthread_unlock()
would simply operate on a semaphore retained in the task
group structure. I am, however, hesitant to make this change:
I the flat build model, there is nothing that prevents people
In the FLAT build model, there is nothing that prevents people
from accessing the inter-thread controls from threads in
differnt task groups. Making this change, while correct,
might introduce subtle bugs in code by people who are not
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These functions still call directly into operating system
functions:
- cdcacm_classobject - Called from apps/system/composite.
- usbmsc_configure - Called from apps/system/usbmsc and
apps/system/composite
- usbmsc_bindlun - Called from apps/system/usbmsc and
apps/system/composite
- usbmsc_bindlun - Called from apps/system/usbmsc
- usbmsc_exportluns - Called from apps/system/usbmsc.
Status: Open
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