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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] rt_task_info.status encoding
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> I start to believe we are arguing with different (miss-)use case in
> mind. Mine is definitely not about "helping" the user to switch the
> thread mode even more actively. It is about validating application
> states, it is about thread state reflection without any other actions
> than reporting errors. T_PRIMARY is part of the picture for the dual
> kernel Xenomai version, and it will remain such as long as there are two
> kernels. Even better, it is a very helpful application debugging tool
> when it comes to runtime validation of their real-time behavior. Again,
> it is NOT about promoting more use of rt_task_set_mode!

SIGXCPU may be used validate current thread mode, and it has the
advantage that it can not be misused.

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					    Gilles.