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+/****************************************************************************
+ * sched/wqueue/kwork_lpthread.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <queue.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/wqueue.h>
+#include <nuttx/kthread.h>
+#include <nuttx/kmalloc.h>
+#include <nuttx/clock.h>
+
+#include "wqueue/wqueue.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Data
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* The state of the kernel mode, low priority work queue(s). */
+
+struct lp_wqueue_s g_lpwork;
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Private Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: work_lpthread
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   These are the worker thread(s) that performs the actions placed on the
+ *   low priority work queue.
+ *
+ *   These, along with the higher priority worker thread are the kernel mode
+ *   work queues (also build in the flat build).
+ *
+ *   All kernel mode worker threads are started by the OS during normal
+ *   bring up.  This entry point is referenced by OS internally and should
+ *   not be accessed by application logic.
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   argc, argv (not used)
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   Does not return
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+static int work_lpthread(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int wndx = 0;
+#if CONFIG_SCHED_LPNTHREADS > 1
+  pid_t me = getpid();
+  int i;
+
+  /* Find out thread index by search the workers in g_lpwork */
+
+  for (wndx = 0, i = 0; i < CONFIG_SCHED_LPNTHREADS; i++)
+    {
+      if (g_lpwork.worker[i].pid == me)
+        {
+          wndx = i;
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  DEBUGASSERT(i < CONFIG_SCHED_LPNTHREADS);
+#endif
+
+  /* Loop forever */
+
+  for (; ; )
+    {
+      /* Then process queued work.  work_process will not return until:
+       * (1) there is no further work in the work queue, and (2) signal is
+       * triggered, or delayed work expires.
+       */
+
+      work_process((FAR struct kwork_wqueue_s *)&g_lpwork, wndx);
+    }
+
+  return OK; /* To keep some compilers happy */
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: work_start_lowpri
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Start the low-priority, kernel-mode worker thread(s)
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   None
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   The task ID of the worker thread is returned on success.  A negated
+ *   errno value is returned on failure.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+int work_start_lowpri(void)
+{
+  pid_t pid;
+  int wndx;
+
+  /* Don't permit any of the threads to run until we have fully initialized
+   * g_lpwork.
+   */
+
+  sched_lock();
+
+  /* Start the low-priority, kernel mode worker thread(s) */
+
+  sinfo("Starting low-priority kernel worker thread(s)\n");
+
+  for (wndx = 0; wndx < CONFIG_SCHED_LPNTHREADS; wndx++)
+    {
+      pid = kthread_create(LPWORKNAME, CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORKPRIORITY,
+                           CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORKSTACKSIZE,
+                           (main_t)work_lpthread,
+                           (FAR char * const *)NULL);
+
+      DEBUGASSERT(pid > 0);
+      if (pid < 0)
+        {
+          serr("ERROR: kthread_create %d failed: %d\n", wndx, (int)pid);
+          sched_unlock();
+          return (int)pid;
+        }
+
+      g_lpwork.worker[wndx].pid  = pid;
+      g_lpwork.worker[wndx].busy = true;
+    }
+
+  sched_unlock();
+  return g_lpwork.worker[0].pid;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK */