Scheduler Class Reference

The Scheduler manages all active tasks and is responsible for switching between them to provide software multitasking. More...

#include <sched.h>

Collaboration diagram for Scheduler:

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Public Member Functions
void	init ()
void	create_task (Task_func start_function)
void	print ()
Public Attributes
List< Task >	active_tasks
Task *	curr_task
Task	kernel_task
Task	idle_task
Timer_callback	context_switch_callback
Static Public Attributes
const unsigned	TIMESLICE_SIZE = 10

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Detailed Description

The Scheduler manages all active tasks and is responsible for switching between them to provide software multitasking.

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Member Function Documentation

void Scheduler::create_task (  Task_func  start_function  )

Create a new task and add it to the list. Do not call this until the virtual memory manager is fully initialized.

void Scheduler::init (   )

Initialize the scheduler.

void Scheduler::print (   )

Print basic information about this Scheduler.

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Member Data Documentation

List<Task> Scheduler::active_tasks

the list of active tasks to manage

Timer_callback Scheduler::context_switch_callback

scheduled preemption callback

Task* Scheduler::curr_task

current executing task

Task Scheduler::idle_task

run when there are no active tasks

Task Scheduler::kernel_task

the very first task

const unsigned Scheduler::TIMESLICE_SIZE = 10 [static]

default timer ticks per timeslice

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• sched.h
• sched.cc

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