FreeRTOSS6.0.0:

Definition in: FreeRTOS.h

#ifndef portPRIVILEGE_BIT
#define portPRIVILEGE_BIT ( ( unsigned portBASE_TYPE ) 0x00 )
#endif

Usage in: tasks.c

/* Should the task be created in privileged mode? */
LINE: 403
if( ( uxPriority & portPRIVILEGE_BIT ) != 0x00 )
{
xRunPrivileged = pdTRUE;
}
else
{
xRunPrivileged = pdFALSE;
}
uxPriority &= ~portPRIVILEGE_BIT;

The code at line 403 will always fail the test ( uxPriority & portPRIVILEGE_BIT ) != 0x00 because portPRIVILEGE_BIT is the value 0 which represents the privilege bit position in uxPriority. It is being used as a value, zero (0), instead of a bit position of zero (0) so the expression (uxPriority & portPRIVILEGE_BIT) will always produce a value of zero (0) which will never be !=0x00.

Jerry Ross

#ifndef portPRIVILEGE_BIT
#define portPRIVILEGE_BIT ( ( unsigned portBASE_TYPE ) 0x00 )
#endif

This definition is the default setting when portPRIVILEGE_BIT is not defined anywhere else. In the Cortex M3 MPU ports portPRIVILEGE_BIT is defined as 0x80000000, which means bit 31 indicates the privilege status.


if( ( uxPriority & portPRIVILEGE_BIT ) != 0x00 )
{
xRunPrivileged = pdTRUE;
}
else
{
xRunPrivileged = pdFALSE;
}

If portPRIVILEGE_BIT is 0 then xRunPrivileged will always be set to pdFALSE as anything bitwise ANDed with 0 will always be zero. However, if portPRIVILEGE_BIT is set to 0 then the MPU is not being used and pdFALSE is the correct value for xRunPrivileged. A value of 0 does not mean bit 0, it means no bits are set.

Regards.

Thank you for the quick reply. I understand your logic now. I should have scanned the entire code base for an answer. I will be more thorough next time.

My compiler elides the expression because it has no effect.