source: soft/giet_vm/giet_libs/mwmr_channel.h @ 455

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// File     : mwmr_channel.h         
// Date     : 01/04/2012
// Author   : alain greiner
// Copyright (c) UPMC-LIP6
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The mwmr_channel.c and mwmr_channel.h files are part of the GIET nano-kernel.
// This  middleware implements a user level Multi-Writers / Multi-Readers
// communication channel, that can be used by parallel multi-tasks applications
// respecting the TCG (Tasks and Communications Graph) formalism.
// 
// The mwmr_read() and mwmr_write() functions do not require a system call.
// The channel itself must have been allocated in a non cacheable segment,
// if the platform does not provide hardware cache coherence.
//
// WARNING : ALL MWMR channels must be defined in the mapping, 
// to be initialised by the GIET in the boot phase.
// The vobj_get_vbase() system call (defined in stdio.c and stdio.h files)
// can be used to get the virtual base address of the channel from it's name.
//
// An MWMR transaction transfer an integer number of items, and an item is
// an integer number of unsigned int (32 bits words).
// The max number of words that can be stored in a MWMR channel is defined by the
// "depth" parameter, and the "width" parameter define the minimal number of
// word contained in an atomic item. Therefore, the "depth" parameter must be
// a multiple of the "width" parameter.
//
// Both the mwmr_read() and mwmr_write() functions are blocking functions. 
// A private lock provides exclusive access to the MWMR channel, that can have
// a variable number of producers and a variable number of consumers.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef _MWMR_CHANNEL_H_
#define _MWMR_CHANNEL_H_

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  MWMR channel structure
// The data buffer size is defined to obtain sizeof(mwmr_channel_t) = 4096 bytes.
// The actual buffer size cannot be larger than 4072 bytes (1018 words).
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

typedef struct mwmr_channel_s 
{
    unsigned int ptr;        // index of the first valid data word
    unsigned int ptw;        // index of the first empty slot 
    unsigned int sts;        // number of words available
    unsigned int lock;       // exclusive access lock
    unsigned int depth;      // max number of words in the channel
    unsigned int width;      // number of words in an item      
    unsigned int data[1018]; // circular buffer
} mwmr_channel_t;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  MWMR access functions
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void mwmr_init(  mwmr_channel_t* mwmr,
                 unsigned int    width,     // number of words per item
                 unsigned int    items );   // max number of items

void mwmr_write( mwmr_channel_t* mwmr, 
                 unsigned int*   buffer,    // user buffer vbase address
                 unsigned int    nitems );  // number of items to transfer

void mwmr_write( mwmr_channel_t* mwmr, 
                 unsigned int*   buffer,    // user buffer vbase address
                 unsigned int    nitems );  // number of items to transfer

unsigned int nb_mwmr_read ( mwmr_channel_t * mwmr,
                            unsigned int * buffer,
                            unsigned int nitems );

unsigned int nb_mwmr_write( mwmr_channel_t * mwmr,
                            unsigned int * buffer,
                            unsigned int nitems );

#endif

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