[En-Nut-Discussion] Calling the same function from different threads.

[Ole Reinhardt]

Hello,

> However, because they are allways listening, both threads calls the getc
> functions and I think it can be a problem.  On the one hand, I can test the
> UART tasks and it works fine, but when I open the TCP port the systems
> doesn't work further, neither UART and TCP.  TCP thread is based in the
> tcps.c sample.

Take a look into rs232d.c which might be what you are planning to do.

There should be no problem if you call the file io functions from
different threads. There are only very few functions that are not
thread safe at all (and those should be marked in the documentation).

If you use the same file descriptor from different threads, use a mutex
to lock concurrent access. Otherwise you might get interleaved data if
you call e.g. fprintf on the same filedscriptor from both threads.

If your program hangs you might have produced a buffer overflow. Or do
you have an endless loop without thread switching point?

If this does not help, please post your code here, so we could help you
better.

Bye,

Ole Reinhardt

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