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C.3.2 The Package Interrupts

Static Semantics

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The following language-defined packages exist: 
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with System;
with System.Multiprocessors;
package Ada.Interrupts
   with Nonblocking, Global => in out synchronized is
   type Interrupt_Id is implementation-defined;
   type Parameterless_Handler is
      access protected procedure
      with Nonblocking => False;
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   function Is_Reserved (Interrupt : Interrupt_Id)
      return Boolean;
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   function Is_Attached (Interrupt : Interrupt_Id)
      return Boolean;
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   function Current_Handler (Interrupt : Interrupt_Id)
      return Parameterless_Handler;
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   procedure Attach_Handler
      (New_Handler : in Parameterless_Handler;
       Interrupt   : in Interrupt_Id);
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   procedure Exchange_Handler
      (Old_Handler : out Parameterless_Handler;
       New_Handler : in Parameterless_Handler;
       Interrupt   : in Interrupt_Id);
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   procedure Detach_Handler
      (Interrupt : in Interrupt_Id);
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   function Reference (Interrupt : Interrupt_Id)
      return System.Address;
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   function Get_CPU (Interrupt : Interrupt_Id)
      return System.Multiprocessors.CPU_Range;
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private
   ... -- not specified by the language
end Ada.Interrupts;
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package Ada.Interrupts.Names 
   with Nonblocking, Global => null is
   implementation-defined : constant Interrupt_Id :=
     implementation-defined;
      . . .
   implementation-defined : constant Interrupt_Id :=
     implementation-defined;
end Ada.Interrupts.Names;

Dynamic Semantics

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The Interrupt_Id type is an implementation-defined discrete type used to identify interrupts.
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The Is_Reserved function returns True if and only if the specified interrupt is reserved.
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The Is_Attached function returns True if and only if a user-specified interrupt handler is attached to the interrupt.
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The Current_Handler function returns a value that represents the attached handler of the interrupt. If no user-defined handler is attached to the interrupt, Current_Handler returns null.
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The Attach_Handler procedure attaches the specified handler to the interrupt, overriding any existing treatment (including a user handler) in effect for that interrupt. If New_Handler is null, the default treatment is restored. If New_Handler designates a protected procedure for which the aspect Interrupt_Handler is False, Program_Error is raised. In this case, the operation does not modify the existing interrupt treatment.
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The Exchange_Handler procedure operates in the same manner as Attach_Handler with the addition that the value returned in Old_Handler designates the previous treatment for the specified interrupt. If the previous treatment is not a user-defined handler, null is returned. 
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The Detach_Handler procedure restores the default treatment for the specified interrupt.
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For all operations defined in this package that take a parameter of type Interrupt_Id, with the exception of Is_Reserved and Reference, a check is made that the specified interrupt is not reserved. Program_Error is raised if this check fails.
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If, by using the Attach_Handler, Detach_Handler, or Exchange_Handler procedures, an attempt is made to detach a handler that was attached statically (using the aspect Attach_Handler), the handler is not detached and Program_Error is raised.
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The Reference function returns a value of type System.Address that can be used to attach a task entry via an address clause (see J.7.1) to the interrupt specified by Interrupt. This function raises Program_Error if attaching task entries to interrupts (or to this particular interrupt) is not supported.
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  The function Get_CPU returns the processor on which the handler for Interrupt is executed. If the handler can execute on more than one processor the value System.Multiprocessors.Not_A_Specific_CPU is returned.

Implementation Requirements

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At no time during attachment or exchange of handlers shall the current handler of the corresponding interrupt be undefined.

Documentation Requirements

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The implementation shall document, when the Ceiling_Locking policy (see D.3) is in effect, the default ceiling priority assigned to a protected object that contains a protected procedure that specifies either the Attach_Handler or Interrupt_Handler aspects, but does not specify the Interrupt_Priority aspect. This default can be different for different interrupts. 

Implementation Advice

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If implementation-defined forms of interrupt handler procedures are supported, such as protected procedures with parameters, then for each such form of a handler, a type analogous to Parameterless_Handler should be specified in a child package of Interrupts, with the same operations as in the predefined package Interrupts.
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NOTE   The package Interrupts.Names contains implementation-defined names (and constant values) for the interrupts that are supported by the implementation.

Examples

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Example of interrupt handlers: 
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Device_Priority : constant
  array (Ada.Interrupts.Interrupt_Id range 1..5) of
    System.Interrupt_Priority := ( ... );
protected type Device_Interface
  (Int_Id : Ada.Interrupts.Interrupt_Id) 
     with Interrupt_Priority => Device_Priority(Int_Id) is
  procedure Handler
     with Attach_Handler => Int_Id;
  ...
end Device_Interface;
  ...
Device_1_Driver : Device_Interface(1);
  ...
Device_5_Driver : Device_Interface(5);
  ...

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