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authorNeels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de>2019-03-06 05:43:23 +0100
committerNeels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de>2019-03-07 23:10:21 +0100
commitd4b79c877291e58bf7fafcfd3c771c9e66fa3f5b (patch)
tree39a843fbb86e6d670aa3a49e77e0c505ae8efa28 /include/osmocom
parent4ea698233aa7f94e53a0bbf09e45506b216e32d4 (diff)
fsm: add osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer()
During FSM design for osmo-msc, I noticed that the current behavior that keep_timer=true doesn't guarantee a running timer can make FSM design a bit complex, especially when using osmo_tdef for timeout definitions. A desirable keep_timer=true behavior is one that keeps the previous timer running, but starts a timer if no timer is running yet. The simplest example is: a given state repeatedly transitions back to itself, but wants to set a timeout only on first entering, avoiding to restart the timeout on re-entering. Another example is a repeated transition between two or more states, where the first time we enter this group a timeout should start, but it should not restart from scratch on every transition. When using osmo_tdef timeout definitions for this, so far separate meaningless states have to be introduced that merely set a fixed timeout. To simplify, add osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer(), and use this in osmo_tdef_fsm_inst_state_chg() when both keep_timer == true *and* T != 0. In tdef_test.ok, the changes show that on first entering state L, the previous T=1 is now kept with a large remaining timeout. When entering state L from O, where no timer was running, this time L's T123 is started. Change-Id: Id647511a4b18e0c4de0e66fb1f35dc9adb9177db
Diffstat (limited to 'include/osmocom')
-rw-r--r--include/osmocom/core/fsm.h15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/fsm.h b/include/osmocom/core/fsm.h
index 13bfb331..c40d7f3c 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/fsm.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/fsm.h
@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ int _osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg(struct osmo_fsm_inst *fi, uint32_t new_state,
int _osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_timer(struct osmo_fsm_inst *fi, uint32_t new_state,
const char *file, int line);
+/*! perform a state change while keeping the current timer if running, or starting a timer otherwise.
+ *
+ * This is useful to keep a timeout across several states, but to make sure that some timeout is actually running.
+ *
+ * This is a macro that calls _osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer() with the given
+ * parameters as well as the caller's source file and line number for logging
+ * purposes. See there for documentation.
+ */
+#define osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer(fi, new_state, timeout_secs, T) \
+ _osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer(fi, new_state, timeout_secs, T, \
+ __FILE__, __LINE__)
+int _osmo_fsm_inst_state_chg_keep_or_start_timer(struct osmo_fsm_inst *fi, uint32_t new_state,
+ unsigned long timeout_secs, int T,
+ const char *file, int line);
+
/*! dispatch an event to an osmocom finite state machine instance
*
* This is a macro that calls _osmo_fsm_inst_dispatch() with the given