On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 01:14:08PM +0400, Antony Pavlov wrote: > Picotcp tends to work in an asynchronious way. > > E.g. for ping we have to use "pico_icmp4_ping()" > (to start ping task) and the special icmp4 handler > (callback function) "cb_ping()". > > But the ping command in barebox works in very simple > way: > > * user types 'ping <IP>' in the barebox shell command line; > * the ping command takes all control until it gets the positive > or a negative result; > * the control is returned to the barebox shell. > > To use asynchronious-oriented picotcp functions in syncronious-oriented > barebox workflow we have to work out necessary picotcp usage template. > > This patch propose simplest template. But this template has two major > disadvantages: > > * user can't completely cancel ping using ctrl-c, > the ping request send task continue to work in the background: > > barebox@barebox sandbox:/ picoping 10.0.0.2 > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0 ms > <ctrl-c> pressed > barebox@barebox sandbox:/ picoping 10.0.0.2 > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=7 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0 ms > 48 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_req=8 ttl=64 time=0 ms > > * user has to press <ctrl-c> after the last ping response is received > to return to barebox shell. > > Has anybody any ideas how to improve the situation? This must be solved in the pico_icmp4.c code. The counterpart of pico_tree_insert (pico_tree_delete?) must be called as an response to ctrlc(). How I see it pico_icmp4_ping should return the cookie so that a ping abort function can be implemented: void pico_icmp4_ping_abort(struct pico_icmp4_ping_cookie *cookie) { pico_tree_delete(cookie); release_whatever_resources(); } Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox