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xSemaphoreGiveRecursive
[Semaphores]

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xSemaphoreGiveRecursive( SemaphoreHandle_t xMutex )

Macro to recursively release, or 'give', a mutex type semaphore. The mutex must have previously been created using a call to xSemaphoreCreateRecursiveMutex();

configUSE_RECURSIVE_MUTEXES must be set to 1 in FreeRTOSConfig.h for this macro to be available.

This macro must not be used on mutexes created using xSemaphoreCreateMutex().

A mutex used recursively can be 'taken' repeatedly by the owner. The mutex doesn't become available again until the owner has called xSemaphoreGiveRecursive() for each successful 'take' request. For example, if a task successfully 'takes' the same mutex 5 times then the mutex will not be available to any other task until it has also 'given' the mutex back exactly five times.

Parameters:
xMutex A handle to the mutex being released, or 'given'. This is the handle returned by xSemaphoreCreateRecursiveMutex().
Returns:
pdTRUE if the semaphore was successfully given.

Example usage:

 SemaphoreHandle_t xMutex = NULL;

 // A task that creates a mutex.
 void vATask( void * pvParameters )
 {
    // Create the mutex to guard a shared resource.
    xMutex = xSemaphoreCreateRecursiveMutex();
 }

 // A task that uses the mutex.
 void vAnotherTask( void * pvParameters )
 {
    // ... Do other things.

    if( xMutex != NULL )
    {
        // See if we can obtain the mutex.  If the mutex is not available
        // wait 10 ticks to see if it becomes free.    
        if( xSemaphoreTakeRecursive( xMutex, ( TickType_t ) 10 ) == pdTRUE )
        {
            // We were able to obtain the mutex and can now access the
            // shared resource.

            // ...
            // For some reason due to the nature of the code further calls to 
            // xSemaphoreTakeRecursive() are made on the same mutex.  In real
            // code these would not be just sequential calls as this would make
            // no sense.  Instead the calls are likely to be buried inside
            // a more complex call structure.
            xSemaphoreTakeRecursive( xMutex, ( TickType_t ) 10 );
            xSemaphoreTakeRecursive( xMutex, ( TickType_t ) 10 );

            // The mutex has now been 'taken' three times, so will not be 
            // available to another task until it has also been given back
            // three times.  Again it is unlikely that real code would have
            // these calls sequentially, it would be more likely that the calls
            // to xSemaphoreGiveRecursive() would be called as a call stack
            // unwound.  This is just for demonstrative purposes.
            xSemaphoreGiveRecursive( xMutex );
            xSemaphoreGiveRecursive( xMutex );
            xSemaphoreGiveRecursive( xMutex );

            // Now the mutex can be taken by other tasks.
        }
        else
        {
            // We could not obtain the mutex and can therefore not access
            // the shared resource safely.
        }
    }
 }
 





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