I needed to get the handle of a task from the number shown by vTaskList(). So I added xTaskGetHandle().

Cheers
Dirk

<pre><code>
diff -pur FreeRTOS/Source/include/task.h ../../neo-lwl/FreeRTOS/Source/include/task.h
--- FreeRTOS/Source/include/task.h2009-08-09 19:55:50.000000000 +0200
+++ ../../neo-lwl/FreeRTOS/Source/include/task.h2009-10-08 14:09:51.051501389 +0200
@@ -1058,6 +1058,11 @@ void vTaskSwitchContext( void );

xTaskHandle xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle( void );



/*

+ * Return the handle of the task identified by uNumber.

+ */

+xTaskHandle xTaskGetTaskHandle( unsigned portBASE_TYPE uNumber );

+

+/*

* Capture the current time status for future reference.

*/

void vTaskSetTimeOutState( xTimeOutType * const pxTimeOut );

diff -pur FreeRTOS/Source/tasks.c ../../neo-lwl/FreeRTOS/Source/tasks.c
--- FreeRTOS/Source/tasks.c2009-08-09 19:55:50.000000000 +0200
+++ ../../neo-lwl/FreeRTOS/Source/tasks.c2009-10-08 14:35:24.775001569 +0200
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ typedef struct tskTaskControlBlock



#if ( configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 1 )

unsigned portBASE_TYPEuxTCBNumber;/*< This is used for tracing the scheduler and making debugging easier only. */

+xListItemxFullListItem;

#endif



#if ( configUSE_MUTEXES == 1 )

@@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ static xList xPendingReadyList;/*


#endif



+#if ( configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 1 )

+

+static xList xFullTaskList;/*< All tasks */

+

+#endif

+

/* File private variables. --------------------------------*/

static volatile unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxCurrentNumberOfTasks= ( unsigned portBASE_TYPE ) 0;

static volatile portTickType xTickCount= ( portTickType ) 0;

@@ -446,6 +453,7 @@ tskTCB * pxNewTCB;

{

/* Add a counter into the TCB for tracing only. */

pxNewTCB->uxTCBNumber = uxTaskNumber;

+vListInsertEnd(&xFullTaskList, &pxNewTCB->xFullListItem);

}

#endif

uxTaskNumber++;

@@ -1852,6 +1860,13 @@ static void prvInitialiseTCBVariables( t
pxTCB->ulRunTimeCounter = 0UL;

}

#endif

+

+#if ( configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 1 )

+{

+vListInitialiseItem( &( pxTCB->xFullListItem ) );

+listSET_LIST_ITEM_OWNER( &( pxTCB->xFullListItem ), pxTCB );

+}

+#endif

}

/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/



@@ -1880,6 +1895,12 @@ unsigned portBASE_TYPE uxPriority;

}

#endif



+#if ( configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 1 )

+{

+vListInitialise( ( xList * ) &xFullTaskList );

+}

+#endif

+

/* Start with pxDelayedTaskList using list1 and the pxOverflowDelayedTaskList

using list2. */

pxDelayedTaskList = &xDelayedTaskList1;

@@ -2222,6 +2243,29 @@ void vTaskExitCritical( void )

#endif

/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/



+#if ( configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 1 )

+

+xTaskHandle xTaskGetTaskHandle( unsigned portBASE_TYPE uNumber )

+{

+xTaskHandle handle = NULL;

+tskTCB *pxNextTCB=NULL, *pxFirstTCB=NULL;



+portENTER_CRITICAL();

+{

+listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxFirstTCB, &xFullTaskList );

+do

+{

+listGET_OWNER_OF_NEXT_ENTRY( pxNextTCB, &xFullTaskList );

+if ( pxNextTCB->uxTCBNumber == uNumber ) {

+handle = pxNextTCB;

+break;

+}

+} while( pxNextTCB != pxFirstTCB );

+}

+portEXIT_CRITICAL();



+return handle;

+};



+#endif

+/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/

</code></pre>

Aargh.
Sending a patch to this forum does not seem that easy. What is the recommended way for sending a patch?

I received your patch - thanks. This needs to be made more easy for sure.

Regards.