we have created 3 task, all the task getting stopped after some time and control get stuck in xTaskIncrementTick() - for( ; ; )
pls clarify is this because of one of the task not going for wait/ready state?! loop without task switch?
BaseType_t xTaskIncrementTick( void )
{
TCB_t * pxTCB;
TickType_t xItemValue;
BaseType_t xSwitchRequired = pdFALSE;
/* Called by the portable layer each time a tick interrupt occurs.
* Increments the tick then checks to see if the new tick value will cause any
* tasks to be unblocked. */
traceTASK_INCREMENT_TICK( xTickCount );
if( uxSchedulerSuspended == ( UBaseType_t ) pdFALSE )
{
/* Minor optimisation. The tick count cannot change in this
* block. */
const TickType_t xConstTickCount = xTickCount + ( TickType_t ) 1;
/* Increment the RTOS tick, switching the delayed and overflowed
* delayed lists if it wraps to 0. */
xTickCount = xConstTickCount;
if( xConstTickCount == ( TickType_t ) 0U ) /*lint !e774 'if' does not always evaluate to false as it is looking for an overflow. */
{
taskSWITCH_DELAYED_LISTS();
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
/* See if this tick has made a timeout expire. Tasks are stored in
* the queue in the order of their wake time - meaning once one task
* has been found whose block time has not expired there is no need to
* look any further down the list. */
if( xConstTickCount >= xNextTaskUnblockTime )
{
*for( ; ; )*
{
if( listLIST_IS_EMPTY( pxDelayedTaskList ) != pdFALSE )
{
/* The delayed list is empty. Set xNextTaskUnblockTime
* to the maximum possible value so it is extremely
* unlikely that the
* if( xTickCount >= xNextTaskUnblockTime ) test will pass
* next time through. */
xNextTaskUnblockTime = portMAX_DELAY; /*lint !e961 MISRA exception as the casts are only redundant for some ports. */
break;
}
else
{
/* The delayed list is not empty, get the value of the
* item at the head of the delayed list. This is the time
* at which the task at the head of the delayed list must
* be removed from the Blocked state. */
pxTCB = listGET_OWNER_OF_HEAD_ENTRY( pxDelayedTaskList ); /*lint !e9079 void * is used as this macro is used with timers and co-routines too. Alignment is known to be fine as the type of the pointer stored and retrieved is the same. */
xItemValue = listGET_LIST_ITEM_VALUE( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
if( xConstTickCount < xItemValue )
{
/* It is not time to unblock this item yet, but the
* item value is the time at which the task at the head
* of the blocked list must be removed from the Blocked
* state - so record the item value in
* xNextTaskUnblockTime. */
xNextTaskUnblockTime = xItemValue;
break; /*lint !e9011 Code structure here is deedmed easier to understand with multiple breaks. */
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
/* It is time to remove the item from the Blocked state. */
( void ) uxListRemove( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
/* Is the task waiting on an event also? If so remove
* it from the event list. */
if( listLIST_ITEM_CONTAINER( &( pxTCB->xEventListItem ) ) != NULL )
{
( void ) uxListRemove( &( pxTCB->xEventListItem ) );
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
/* Place the unblocked task into the appropriate ready
* list. */
prvAddTaskToReadyList( pxTCB );
/* A task being unblocked cannot cause an immediate
* context switch if preemption is turned off. */
#if ( configUSE_PREEMPTION == 1 )
{
/* Preemption is on, but a context switch should
* only be performed if the unblocked task has a
* priority that is equal to or higher than the
* currently executing task. */
if( pxTCB->uxPriority >= pxCurrentTCB->uxPriority )
{
xSwitchRequired = pdTRUE;
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
}
#endif /* configUSE_PREEMPTION */
}
}
}
/* Tasks of equal priority to the currently running task will share
* processing time (time slice) if preemption is on, and the application
* writer has not explicitly turned time slicing off. */
#if ( ( configUSE_PREEMPTION == 1 ) && ( configUSE_TIME_SLICING == 1 ) )
{
if( listCURRENT_LIST_LENGTH( &( pxReadyTasksLists[ pxCurrentTCB->uxPriority ] ) ) > ( UBaseType_t ) 1 )
{
xSwitchRequired = pdTRUE;
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
}
#endif /* ( ( configUSE_PREEMPTION == 1 ) && ( configUSE_TIME_SLICING == 1 ) ) */
#if ( configUSE_TICK_HOOK == 1 )
{
/* Guard against the tick hook being called when the pended tick
* count is being unwound (when the scheduler is being unlocked). */
if( xPendedTicks == ( TickType_t ) 0 )
{
vApplicationTickHook();
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
}
#endif /* configUSE_TICK_HOOK */
#if ( configUSE_PREEMPTION == 1 )
{
if( xYieldPending != pdFALSE )
{
xSwitchRequired = pdTRUE;
}
else
{
mtCOVERAGE_TEST_MARKER();
}
}
#endif /* configUSE_PREEMPTION */
}
else
{
++xPendedTicks;
/* The tick hook gets called at regular intervals, even if the
* scheduler is locked. */
#if ( configUSE_TICK_HOOK == 1 )
{
vApplicationTickHook();
}
#endif
}
return xSwitchRequired;
}