-/**
- * System scheduler: pass CPU control to the next process in
- * the ready queue.
- *
- * Saving and restoring the context on the stack is done
- * by a CPU-dependent support routine which must usually be
- * written in assembly.
- */
-void proc_schedule(void)
-{
- struct Process *old_process;
- cpuflags_t flags;
-
- /* Remember old process to save its context later */
- old_process = CurrentProcess;
-
-#ifdef IRQ_RUNNING
- /* Scheduling in interrupts is a nono. */
- ASSERT(!IRQ_RUNNING());
-#endif
-
- /* Poll on the ready queue for the first ready process */
- IRQ_SAVE_DISABLE(flags);
- while (!(CurrentProcess = (struct Process *)list_remHead(&ProcReadyList)))
- {
- /*
- * Make sure we physically reenable interrupts here, no matter what
- * the current task status is. This is important because if we
- * are idle-spinning, we must allow interrupts, otherwise no
- * process will ever wake up.
- *
- * During idle-spinning, an interrupt can occur and it may
- * modify \p ProcReadyList. To ensure that compiler reload this
- * variable every while cycle we call CPU_MEMORY_BARRIER.
- * The memory barrier ensure that all variables used in this context
- * are reloaded.
- * \todo If there was a way to write sig_wait() so that it does not
- * disable interrupts while waiting, there would not be any
- * reason to do this.
- */
- IRQ_ENABLE;
- CPU_IDLE;
- MEMORY_BARRIER;
- IRQ_DISABLE;
- }
- IRQ_RESTORE(flags);
-
- /*
- * Optimization: don't switch contexts when the active
- * process has not changed.
- */
- if (CurrentProcess != old_process)
- {
- cpustack_t *dummy;
-
-#if CONFIG_KERN_PREEMPTIVE
- /* Reset quantum for this process */
- Quantum = CONFIG_KERN_QUANTUM;
-#endif
-
- /* Save context of old process and switch to new process. If there is no
- * old process, we save the old stack pointer into a dummy variable that
- * we ignore. In fact, this happens only when the old process has just
- * exited.
- * TODO: Instead of physically clearing the process at exit time, a zombie
- * list should be created.
- */
- asm_switch_context(&CurrentProcess->stack, old_process ? &old_process->stack : &dummy);
- }
-
- /* This RET resumes the execution on the new process */
-}
-
-