Mailboxes

Mailbox implementation. More...

Detailed Description

Mailbox implementation.

Files
file	mbox.h
	Mailbox API.

Data Structures
struct	mbox_t
	Mailbox struct definition. More...

Macros
#define	MBOX_INIT(queue, queue_size)
	Static initializer for mbox objects. More...

Enumerations
enum	{ NON_BLOCKING = 0, BLOCKING }

Functions
static void	mbox_init (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *queue, unsigned int queue_size)
	Initialize mbox object. More...
int	_mbox_put (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg, int blocking)
	Add message to mailbox. More...
int	_mbox_get (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg, int blocking)
	Get message from mailbox. More...
static void	mbox_put (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg)
	Add message to mailbox. More...
static int	mbox_try_put (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg)
	Add message to mailbox. More...
static void	mbox_get (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg)
	Get message from mailbox. More...
static int	mbox_try_get (mbox_t *mbox, msg_t *msg)
	Get message from mailbox. More...
static size_t	mbox_size (mbox_t *mbox)
	Get mbox queue size (capacity) More...
static size_t	mbox_avail (mbox_t *mbox)
	Get messages available in mbox. More...

Macro Definition Documentation

MBOX_INIT

#define MBOX_INIT	(		queue,
			queue_size
	)

Value:

        { \
        { 0 }, { 0 }, CIB_INIT(queue_size), queue \
}

Static initializer for mbox objects.

Definition at line 34 of file mbox.h.

Enumeration Type Documentation

anonymous enum

anonymous enum

Enumerator
NON_BLOCKING	non-blocking mode
BLOCKING	blocking mode

Definition at line 48 of file mbox.h.

Function Documentation

_mbox_get()

int _mbox_get	(	mbox_t *	mbox,
		msg_t *	msg,
		int	blocking
	)

Get message from mailbox.

If the mailbox is empty, this function will return right away.

_mbox_put()

int _mbox_put	(	mbox_t *	mbox,
		msg_t *	msg,
		int	blocking
	)

Add message to mailbox.

If the mailbox is full, this function will return right away.

mbox_avail()

static size_t mbox_avail ( mbox_t *  mbox )

inlinestatic

Get messages available in mbox.

Returns the number of messages that can be retrieved without blocking.

Parameters

[in]

mbox

ptr to mailbox to operate on

Returns

number of available messages

Definition at line 183 of file mbox.h.

mbox_get()

static void mbox_get ( mbox_t *  mbox, msg_t *  msg  )

inlinestatic

Get message from mailbox.

If the mailbox is empty, this function will block until a message becomes available.

Parameters

[in]	mbox	ptr to mailbox to operate on
[in]	msg	ptr to storage for retrieved message

Definition at line 141 of file mbox.h.

mbox_init()

static void mbox_init ( mbox_t *  mbox, msg_t *  queue, unsigned int  queue_size  )

inlinestatic

Initialize mbox object.

Note

The message queue size must be a power of two!

Parameters

[in]	mbox	ptr to mailbox to initialize
[in]	queue	array of msg_t used as queue
[in]	queue_size	number of msg_t objects in queue

Definition at line 62 of file mbox.h.

mbox_put()

static void mbox_put ( mbox_t *  mbox, msg_t *  msg  )

inlinestatic

Add message to mailbox.

If the mailbox is full, this function will block until space becomes available.

Parameters

[in]	mbox	ptr to mailbox to operate on
[in]	msg	ptr to message that will be copied into mailbox

Definition at line 111 of file mbox.h.

mbox_size()

static size_t mbox_size ( mbox_t *  mbox )

inlinestatic

Get mbox queue size (capacity)

Parameters

[in]

mbox

ptr to mailbox to operate on

Returns

size of mbox queue (or 0 if there's no queue)

Definition at line 169 of file mbox.h.

mbox_try_get()

static int mbox_try_get ( mbox_t *  mbox, msg_t *  msg  )

inlinestatic

Get message from mailbox.

If the mailbox is empty, this function will return right away.

Parameters

[in]	mbox	ptr to mailbox to operate on
[in]	msg	ptr to storage for retrieved message

Returns

1 if msg could be retrieved

0 otherwise

Definition at line 157 of file mbox.h.

mbox_try_put()

static int mbox_try_put ( mbox_t *  mbox, msg_t *  msg  )

inlinestatic

Add message to mailbox.

If the mailbox is full, this function will return right away.

Parameters

[in]	mbox	ptr to mailbox to operate on
[in]	msg	ptr to message that will be copied into mailbox

Returns

1 if msg could be delivered

0 otherwise

Definition at line 127 of file mbox.h.