[RTEMS SMP ISVV] : rtems_clock_get_ticks_per_second and rtems_clock_get_ticks_since_boot

[Sebastian Huber]

Hello Luis,

On 23.09.22 13:20, Luis Alves wrote:
> Dear RTEMS community,
> 
> I’m part of the team performing the Independent Software Verification 
> and Validation (ISVV) of the RTEMS SMP Qualification Data Pack (which is 
> being provided through https://rtems-qual.io.esa.int/ 
> <https://rtems-qual.io.esa.int/>).
> 
> While analysing in the Software Configuration File (SCF) which items are 
> or not pre-qualified, the following has been noticed:
> 
>   * rtems_clock_get_ticks_per_second() and
>     rtems_clock_get_ticks_since_boot() functions are listed in section
>     4.10 of the SCF (which list pre-qualified items “which may be
>     directly used by applications”).
>   * In the ICD there are duplicated items described with these names, a
>     function, and a macro. Moreover:
>       o In the ICDs the macros using these names are described with the
>         “The directive is not included in the pre-qualified feature set
>         of RTEMS. Applications which are restricted to only use
>         interfaces of the pre-qualified feature set of RTEMS shall not
>         use the directive.”
>   * Looking at the code (at retems-qual-only), the macros are defined
>     alongside and right after the function’s declarations (redirecting
>     function calls to the values of the _Watchdog_Ticks_per_second and
>     _Watchdog_Ticks_since_boot, respectively).
>       o So, rtems_clock_get_ticks_per_second and
>         rtems_clock_get_ticks_since_boot  macros will be used in the
>         qual-only setup, whereas ICD tells us that these macros are “not
>         included in the pre-qualified feature set”.
> 
> Can the community help to clarify these points, and tell us what and how 
> can one improve the RTEMS SMP QDP w.r.t. this (at the documentation and 
> qual-only implementation level)?

this issue is already fixed:

https://git.rtems.org/rtems-central/commit/?id=1167cbc0cbce5972409ef4e334f39c56f2337ef0

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