Turn pthread_spinlock_t into a self-contained object. On uni-processor
configurations, interrupts are disabled in the lock/trylock operations
and the previous interrupt status is restored in the corresponding
unlock operations. On SMP configurations, a ticket lock is a acquired
and released in addition.
The self-contained pthread_spinlock_t object is defined by Newlib in
<sys/_pthreadtypes.h>.
typedef struct {
struct _Ticket_lock_Control _lock;
__uint32_t _interrupt_state;
} pthread_spinlock_t;
This implementation is simple and efficient. However, this test case of
the Linux Test Project would fail due to call of printf() and sleep()
during spin lock ownership:
https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/open_posix_testsuite/conformance/interfaces/pthread_spin_lock/1-2.c
There is only limited support for profiling on SMP configurations.
Delete CORE spinlock implementation.
Update #2674.
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Overview of newlib support (newlib is from CYGNUS)
Each task can have its own libc state including:
open stdio files
strtok
multi precision arithmetic state
etc.
This is implemented by a reentrancy data structure for each task.
When a task is "started" (in RTEMS sense) the reentrancy structure
is allocated.
When task is switched to, the value of global variable _impure_ptr
is changed to the value of the new tasks reentrancy structure.
When a task is deleted
atexit() processing (for that task) happens
task's stdio buffers are flushed
When exit(3) is called
calling task's atexit processing done
global libc state atexit processing done
(this will include any atexit routines installed by drivers)
executive is shutdown
causes a context switch back to bsp land
NOTE:
libc extension are installed by bsp_libc_init()
iff we are using clock interrupts.
This hack is necessary to allow the tmtests to avoid
timing the extensions.