_Thread_Dispatch_disable_level gone negative.

[Nick Thomas]

Hi,

I have had problems in the past with _ISR_Nest_Level and
_Thread_Dispatch_disable_level.
These sometimes get stuck at 1, so RTEMS thinks it is in a ISR, which
prevents any tasks from running.

Still trying to track down the cause of this issue, but it looks like
something is going wrong in one of the ISR routines, either it's not using a
conventional return path or something.

But, some new info now: I have just seen the same problem occur, but
_Thread_Dispatch_disable_level is 0xffffffff , i.e. -1;
This is having the same effect, that no tasks get to run.

But, what could possibly cause this RTEMS variable to go negative.



I am using RTEMS 4.7.1 on a PowerPC. I know it's an older version of RTEMS,
but it's too late in the project to change that now.


Any comments/suggestions are appreciated regarding this issue.


Regards

Nick

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Nick Thomas
Email: nick.thomas at pixsan.com