ardupilot/libraries/AP_Scheduler/AP_Scheduler.h

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 */

/*
 *  main loop scheduler for APM
 *  Author: Andrew Tridgell, January 2013
 *
 */
#pragma once

#include <AP_Param/AP_Param.h>
#include <AP_HAL/Util.h>
#include <AP_Math/AP_Math.h>
#include "PerfInfo.h"       // loop perf monitoring

#define AP_SCHEDULER_NAME_INITIALIZER(_name) .name = #_name,

/*
  useful macro for creating scheduler task table
 */
#define SCHED_TASK_CLASS(classname, classptr, func, _rate_hz, _max_time_micros) { \
    .function = FUNCTOR_BIND(classptr, &classname::func, void),\
    AP_SCHEDULER_NAME_INITIALIZER(func)\
    .rate_hz = _rate_hz,\
    .max_time_micros = _max_time_micros\
}

/*
  A task scheduler for APM main loops

  Sketches should call scheduler.init() on startup, then call
  scheduler.tick() at regular intervals (typically every 10ms).

  To run tasks use scheduler.run(), passing the amount of time that
  the scheduler is allowed to use before it must return
 */

#include <AP_HAL/AP_HAL.h>
#include <AP_Vehicle/AP_Vehicle.h>

class AP_Scheduler
{
public:

    FUNCTOR_TYPEDEF(scheduler_fastloop_fn_t, void);

    AP_Scheduler(scheduler_fastloop_fn_t fastloop_fn = nullptr);

    /* Do not allow copies */
    AP_Scheduler(const AP_Scheduler &other) = delete;
    AP_Scheduler &operator=(const AP_Scheduler&) = delete;

    FUNCTOR_TYPEDEF(task_fn_t, void);

    struct Task {
        task_fn_t function;
        const char *name;
        float rate_hz;
        uint16_t max_time_micros;
    };

    // initialise scheduler
    void init(const Task *tasks, uint8_t num_tasks, uint32_t log_performance_bit);

    // called by vehicle's main loop - which should be the only thing
    // that function does
    void loop();

    // call to update any logging the scheduler might do; call at 1Hz
    void update_logging();

    // write out PERF message to dataflash
    void Log_Write_Performance();

    // call when one tick has passed
    void tick(void);

    // return current tick counter
    uint16_t ticks() const { return _tick_counter; }

    // run the tasks. Call this once per 'tick'.
    // time_available is the amount of time available to run
    // tasks in microseconds
    void run(uint32_t time_available);

    // return the number of microseconds available for the current task
    uint16_t time_available_usec(void);

    // return debug parameter
    uint8_t debug_flags(void) { return _debug; }

    // return load average, as a number between 0 and 1. 1 means
    // 100% load. Calculated from how much spare time we have at the
    // end of a run()
    float load_average();

    // get the active main loop rate
    uint16_t get_loop_rate_hz(void) {
        if (_active_loop_rate_hz == 0) {
            _active_loop_rate_hz = _loop_rate_hz;
        }
        return _active_loop_rate_hz;
    }
    // get the time-allowed-per-loop in microseconds
    uint32_t get_loop_period_us() {
        if (_loop_period_us == 0) {
            _loop_period_us = 1000000UL / _loop_rate_hz;
        }
        return _loop_period_us;
    }
    // get the time-allowed-per-loop in seconds
    float get_loop_period_s() {
        if (is_zero(_loop_period_s)) {
            _loop_period_s = 1.0 / _loop_rate_hz;
        }
        return _loop_period_s;
    }

    float get_filtered_loop_time(void) const {
        return perf_info.get_filtered_time();
    }

    // get the time in seconds that the last loop took
    float get_last_loop_time_s(void) const {
        return _last_loop_time_s;
    }
    
    static const struct AP_Param::GroupInfo var_info[];

    // current running task, or -1 if none. Used to debug stuck tasks
    static int8_t current_task;

    // loop performance monitoring:
    AP::PerfInfo perf_info;

private:
    // function that is called before anything in the scheduler table:
    scheduler_fastloop_fn_t _fastloop_fn;

    // used to enable scheduler debugging
    AP_Int8 _debug;

    // overall scheduling rate in Hz
    AP_Int16 _loop_rate_hz;

    // loop rate in Hz as set at startup
    AP_Int16 _active_loop_rate_hz;
    
    // calculated loop period in usec
    uint16_t _loop_period_us;

    // calculated loop period in seconds
    float _loop_period_s;
    
    // progmem list of tasks to run
    const struct Task *_tasks;

    // number of tasks in _tasks list
    uint8_t _num_tasks;

    // number of 'ticks' that have passed (number of times that
    // tick() has been called
    uint16_t _tick_counter;

    // tick counter at the time we last ran each task
    uint16_t *_last_run;

    // number of microseconds allowed for the current task
    uint32_t _task_time_allowed;

    // the time in microseconds when the task started
    uint32_t _task_time_started;

    // number of spare microseconds accumulated
    uint32_t _spare_micros;

    // number of ticks that _spare_micros is counted over
    uint8_t _spare_ticks;

    // start of loop timing
    uint32_t _loop_timer_start_us;

    // time of last loop in seconds
    float _last_loop_time_s;
    
    // performance counters
    AP_HAL::Util::perf_counter_t *_perf_counters;

    // bitmask bit which indicates if we should log PERF message to dataflash
    uint32_t _log_performance_bit;
};