msg_t Struct Reference

Describes a message object which can be sent between threads. More...

Detailed Description

Describes a message object which can be sent between threads.

User can set type and one of content.ptr and content.value. (content is a union) The meaning of type and the content fields is totally up to the user, the corresponding fields are never read by the kernel.

Definition at line 185 of file msg.h.

#include <msg.h>

Data Fields
kernel_pid_t	sender_pid
	PID of sending thread. More...
uint16_t	type
	Type field.
union {
void *   ptr
	Pointer content field.
uint32_t   value
	Value content field.
}	content
	Content of the message.

Field Documentation

sender_pid

kernel_pid_t msg_t::sender_pid

PID of sending thread.

Will be filled in by msg_send.

Definition at line 186 of file msg.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• core/include/msg.h