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| <p>Functions for inter-thread communication. |
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| <tr class="memdesc:group___c_m_s_i_s___r_t_o_s___signal_mgmt"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Synchronize threads using signals. <br/></td></tr> |
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| <tr class="memdesc:group___c_m_s_i_s___r_t_o_s___message"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Exchange messages between threads in a FIFO-like operation. <br/></td></tr> |
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| <tr class="memdesc:group___c_m_s_i_s___r_t_o_s___mail"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Exchange data between threads using a queue of memory blocks. <br/></td></tr> |
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| <p>In most applications, threads need to <b>communicate</b> <b>with</b> <b>each</b> <b>other</b> or <b>access</b> <b>shared</b> <b>resources</b> together. There are many ways to exchange data between threads, for example using shared data, polling loops and message passing.</p> |
| <p>Many resources in a microcontroller can be considered as <b>serially-reusable</b>. This means that they can be used repeatedly by different threads, but only by <b>one</b> <b>thread</b> <b>at</b> <b>a</b> <b>time</b> (for example communication peripherals such as <b>UARTs</b>, <b>memory</b>, and <b>files</b> that need to be modified).</p> |
| <p>The CMSIS-RTOS API provides different means to pass messages between threads to make inter-thread communication more efficient. Also, resource sharing is inherently supported. The following methods are available to the user: </p> |
| <h2>Inter-Thread Communication</h2> |
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| <h2>Resource Sharing</h2> |
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