Hello,

I have started a project, using a PIC18F452 & MPLAB 7.52 & MPLAB C18 3.11 Student Edition.

During some of my tests with FreeRTOS, I came to the conclusion that I should use vTaskSuspendAll() / xTaskResumeAll() instead of taskENTER_CRITICAL() / taskEXIT_CRITICAL().

Normally I assume that I need the following to be enabled:
#define INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend 1
in my FreeRtosConfig header file.

But, enabling this, gives me a compile time error: Error [1131] type mismatch in assignment,
the offender being: void vTaskCleanUpResources( void ) , (I also defined INCLUDE_vTaskCleanUpResources)
at the statement type: listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxTCB, &( pxReadyTasksLists[ usQueue ] ) ); ,
which calls the following define in list.h (i am using the heap_2.c allocator):

#define listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxTCB, pxList ) \
( pxList )->pxIndex = ( pxList )->pxIndex->pxNext; \
if( ( pxList )->pxIndex == ( xListItem * ) &( ( pxList )->xListEnd ) ) \
{ \
( pxList )->pxIndex = ( pxList )->pxIndex->pxNext; \
} \
pxTCB = ( pxList )->pxIndex->pvOwner

I have tried to figure it out, but I must admit, the inlining and data structures simply dazzle me. It is way beyond my programming skills.

So can you help me ? Maby a hint, or what structure may be mismatching: pxList or pxTCB. Maby some added paranthesis, or some explicit cast ?

Hope this can be done. I am just starting to like the RTOS and I really want to use it in my project.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
V.

Do you really need INCLUDE_vTaskCleanUpResources set to 1? I think this is unlikely on a PIC. Can you not just set it back to 0?

Dave.

Indeed your solution is competent and it constitutes as a bypass for the problem.

Can you tell me exactly what INCLUDE_vTaskCleanUpResources manages ?

I wished to use some dynamic allocated variables in my project. I must know if omitting this setting will incrementally take up heap space if allocating and deallocating, so if needed to re-think the solution.

Thank you,
V.

The clean up resources function is only used when you stop or end the scheduler. In most systems this is never done as there is nothing to return to if the scheduler ends.