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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] FreeRTOS skin
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To: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>, Matthias Schneider <ma30002000@yahoo.de>, "xenomai@xenomai.org" <xenomai@xenomai.org>

On 05/05/2014 12:33 PM, Philippe Gerum wrote:
> - vTaskSuspendAll()/vTaskResumeAll() maintain useless status flags.
> Copperplate provides __THREAD_S_SUSPENDED in the core status of threads
> for the very same purpose.

I believe in FreeRTOS vTaskSuspendAll/vTaskResumeAll is more like a task 
lock mechanism than a service suspending/resuming all tasks for real. Of 
course this only provides mutual exclusion on UP.


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					    Gilles.