EthInterface: notifications

- queues have been replaced by OS queues
- serving plain interrupts is replaced by queuing events

eth_interface.c

@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@
 
 #include "eth_interface.h"
 #include "dynmem.h"
-#include "utils.h"
-#include "etherlib_options.h"
 #include "etherlib/prefab/conn_blocks/ethernet_connblock.h"
+#include "etherlib_options.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+    ETH_IIE_RECV_NOTIFY = 0,
+    ETH_IIE_LINK_CHG_NOTIFY,
+    ETH_IIE_TRANSMIT_NOTIFY,
+    ETH_IIE_UNKNOWN = 0xFFFF
+} EthIntfInternalEvent;
 
 static int ethintf_llrecv(EthIODef *io, const RawPckt *pckt) {
     ethinf_receive((EthInterface *)io->tag, pckt);
@@ -14,23 +21,12 @@ static int ethintf_llrecv(EthIODef * io, const RawPckt * pckt) {
 }
 
 static int ethintf_llrxnotify(EthIODef *io) {
-    ethinf_notify((EthInterface *) io->tag);
+    ethinf_push_notification((EthInterface *)io->tag, ETH_IIE_RECV_NOTIFY, 0);
     return 0;
 }
 
 static int ethinf_lllinkchg(EthIODef *io, int ls) {
-    EthInterface * intf = (EthInterface *) io->tag;
+    ethinf_push_notification((EthInterface *)io->tag, ETH_IIE_LINK_CHG_NOTIFY, (uint16_t)ls);
-    ethinf_set_link_state(intf, ls);
-    
-    if (intf->dhcp != NULL) {
-        if (ls) { // if link is on
-            dhcp_start(intf->dhcp);
-        } else { // if link is off
-            dhcp_stop(intf->dhcp);
-        }
-    }
-
-    MSG("Link state: %d\n", ls);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +54,9 @@ EthInterface *ethintf_new(EthIODef * io) {
 
     ethIntf->txQ = mq_create(ETHLIB_DEF_MQ_SIZE);
     ethIntf->rxQ = mq_create(ETHLIB_DEF_MQ_SIZE);
-    ETHLIB_OS_SEM_CREATE(&ethIntf->rxSem, ETHLIB_DEF_MQ_SIZE);
+
+    ETHLIB_OS_QUEUE_CREATE(ethIntf->eventQ, ETHLIB_DEF_MQ_SIZE, uint32_t);
+    // ETHLIB_OS_SEM_CREATE(&ethIntf->eventSem, ETHLIB_DEF_MQ_SIZE);
     ETHLIB_OS_THREAD_DEFINE(task_ethintf, osPriorityHigh, 512, ethIntf);
     ETHLIB_OS_THREAD_CREATE(task_ethintf, ethIntf);
 
@@ -78,13 +76,43 @@ EthInterface *ethintf_new(EthIODef * io) {
 static ThreadReturnType task_ethintf(ThreadParamType param) {
     EthInterface *intf = (EthInterface *)param;
     while (true) {
-        ETHLIB_OS_SEM_WAIT(&intf->rxSem);
+        // fetch notification
+        uint16_t event_code = ETH_IIE_UNKNOWN;
+        uint16_t event_data;
+        ethinf_pull_notification(intf, &event_code, &event_data);
+
+        // act accordingly...
+        switch (event_code) {
+            case ETH_IIE_RECV_NOTIFY: {
                 intf->ioDef->llRxRead(intf->ioDef); // read packets, will invoke RxStore
                 while (mq_avail(intf->rxQ) > 0) {
                     RawPckt rawPckt = mq_top(intf->rxQ);
                     mq_pop(intf->rxQ);
                     packsieve_input(&intf->sieve, &rawPckt);
                 }
+
+            } break;
+            case ETH_IIE_LINK_CHG_NOTIFY: {
+                bool ls = event_data;
+                ethinf_set_link_state(intf, ls);
+
+                if (intf->dhcp != NULL) {
+                    if (ls) { // if link is on
+                        dhcp_start(intf->dhcp);
+                    } else { // if link is off
+                        dhcp_stop(intf->dhcp);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                MSG("Link state: %d\n", ls);
+            } break;
+            case ETH_IIE_TRANSMIT_NOTIFY: {
+                intf->ioDef->llTxTrigger(intf->ioDef, intf->txQ);
+            } break;
+            default:
+                MSG("UNKNOWN event!\n");
+                break;
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -98,12 +126,23 @@ void ethinf_receive(EthInterface *intf, const RawPckt *rawPckt) {
 
 void ethinf_transmit(EthInterface *intf, const RawPckt *rawPckt) {
     mq_push(intf->txQ, rawPckt); // push packet onto the message queue
-
+    ethinf_push_notification(intf, ETH_IIE_TRANSMIT_NOTIFY, 0); // notify processing thread of the peding transmit
-    intf->ioDef->llTxTrigger(intf->ioDef, intf->txQ);
 }
 
-void ethinf_notify(EthInterface *intf) {
+void ethinf_push_notification(EthInterface *intf, uint16_t event_code, uint16_t event_data) {
-    ETHLIB_OS_SEM_POST(&intf->rxSem);
+    uint32_t cpd = (event_data << 16) | event_code; // create event compound
+    ETHLIB_OS_QUEUE_PUSH(intf->eventQ, cpd);
+}
+
+void ethinf_pull_notification(EthInterface *intf, uint16_t *event_code, uint16_t *event_data) {
+    uint32_t cpd;
+    cpd = ETHLIB_OS_QUEUE_POP(intf->eventQ); // wait for event semaphore
+
+    // retrieve event code and data
+    *event_code = cpd & 0xFFFF;
+    *event_data = (cpd >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
+
+    //MSG("EC: %d\n", *event_code);
 }
 
 void ethinf_set_capabilities(EthInterface *intf, uint32_t cap) {

eth_interface.h

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "arp_cache.h"
 #include "connection_block.h"
 #include "msg_queue.h"
+#include "gen_queue.h"
 #include "prefab/conn_blocks/ipv4/ip_assembler.h"
 #include "prefab/packet_parsers/dhcp.h"
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ typedef void (*EthIntfEvtCb)(struct EthInterface_ * intf);
 
 typedef enum {
     ETH_EVT_LINK_CHANGE = 0,
-    ETH_EVT_IP_CHANGE = 1
+    ETH_EVT_IP_CHANGE = 1,
 } EthIntfEvIndex;
 
 /**
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ typedef struct EthInterface_ {
     ConnBlock arpCb; ///< ARP connection block
     MsgQueue * txQ; ///< Transmit queue
     MsgQueue * rxQ; ///< Receive queue
-    ETHLIB_OS_SEM_TYPE rxSem; ///< Receive queue semaphore
+    ETHLIB_OS_QUEUE_TYPE eventQ; ///< Event queue
+    //ETHLIB_OS_SEM_TYPE eventSem; ///< Event queue semaphore
     IPv4Assembler * ipra; ///< IPv4 reassembler
     EthIntfEventCbTable evtCbTable; ///< Event callback table
     bool linkState; ///< Interface link state
@@ -96,11 +98,21 @@ EthInterface *ethintf_new(EthIODef * io);
 void ethinf_receive(EthInterface *intf, const RawPckt *rawPckt);
 
 /**
- * Notify interface of a received, buffered packet, which needs transferred
+ * Notify interface of some event occured (e.g. a received, buffered packet, which needs to get
- * from the low level Ethernet-driver.
+ * transferred from the low level Ethernet-driver, a link change occured etc.)
  * @param intf Pointer to Ethernet-interface
+ * @param event_code Event code
+ * @param event_data Event data
  */
-void ethinf_notify(EthInterface *intf);
+void ethinf_push_notification(EthInterface *intf, uint16_t event_code, uint16_t event_data);
+
+/**
+ * Pull formerly pushed notification from the event queue.
+ * @param intf Pointer to Ethernet-interface
+ * @param event_code pointer to event code
+ * @param event_data pointer to event data
+ */
+void ethinf_pull_notification(EthInterface *intf, uint16_t * event_code, uint16_t * event_data);
 
 /**
  * Transmit packet.