Update idle loop to reduce calls to suspend

Change tickless handling to use public RTX calls and to prevent
unnecessary calls to suspend/resume by looping until the kernel
needs to be resumed.

rtos/TARGET_CORTEX/SysTimer.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #if DEVICE_LOWPOWERTIMER
 
 #include "hal/lp_ticker_api.h"
+#include "mbed_critical.h"
 #include "rtx_core_cm.h"
 extern "C" {
 #include "rtx_lib.h"
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ SysTimer::SysTimer() :
         TimerEvent(get_lp_ticker_data()), _start_time(0), _tick(0)
 {
     _start_time = ticker_read_us(_ticker_data);
+    _suspend_time_passed = true;
+    _suspended = false;
 }
 
 void SysTimer::setup_irq()
@@ -61,23 +64,30 @@ void SysTimer::setup_irq()
 #endif
 }
 
-void SysTimer::schedule_tick(uint32_t delta)
+void SysTimer::suspend(uint32_t ticks)
 {
-    insert_absolute(_start_time + (_tick + delta) * 1000000ULL / OS_TICK_FREQ);
+    core_util_critical_section_enter();
+
+    schedule_tick(ticks);
+    _suspend_time_passed = false;
+    _suspended = true;
+
+    core_util_critical_section_exit();
 }
 
-void SysTimer::cancel_tick()
+bool SysTimer::suspend_time_passed()
 {
+    return _suspend_time_passed;
+}
+
+uint32_t SysTimer::resume()
+{
+    core_util_critical_section_enter();
+
+    _suspended = false;
+    _suspend_time_passed = true;
     remove();
-}
 
-uint32_t SysTimer::get_tick()
-{
-    return _tick & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-}
-
-uint32_t SysTimer::update_tick()
-{
     uint64_t new_tick = (ticker_read_us(_ticker_data) - _start_time) * OS_TICK_FREQ / 1000000;
     if (new_tick > _tick) {
         // Don't update to the current tick. Instead, update to the
@@ -88,9 +98,34 @@ uint32_t SysTimer::update_tick()
     }
     uint32_t elapsed_ticks = new_tick - _tick;
     _tick = new_tick;
+
+    core_util_critical_section_exit();
     return elapsed_ticks;
 }
 
+void SysTimer::schedule_tick(uint32_t delta)
+{
+    core_util_critical_section_enter();
+
+    insert_absolute(_start_time + (_tick + delta) * 1000000ULL / OS_TICK_FREQ);
+
+    core_util_critical_section_exit();
+}
+
+void SysTimer::cancel_tick()
+{
+    core_util_critical_section_enter();
+
+    remove();
+
+    core_util_critical_section_exit();
+}
+
+uint32_t SysTimer::get_tick()
+{
+    return _tick & 0xFFFFFFFF;
+}
+
 us_timestamp_t SysTimer::get_time()
 {
     return ticker_read_us(_ticker_data);
@@ -100,8 +135,10 @@ SysTimer::~SysTimer()
 {
 }
 
-void SysTimer::set_irq_pending()
+void SysTimer::_set_irq_pending()
 {
+    // Protected function synchronized externally
+
 #if (defined(NO_SYSTICK))
     NVIC_SetPendingIRQ(mbed_get_m0_tick_irqn());
 #else
@@ -109,15 +146,25 @@ void SysTimer::set_irq_pending()
 #endif
 }
 
-void SysTimer::increment_tick()
+void SysTimer::_increment_tick()
 {
+    // Protected function synchronized externally
+
     _tick++;
 }
 
 void SysTimer::handler()
 {
-    set_irq_pending();
+    core_util_critical_section_enter();
-    increment_tick();
+
+    if (_suspended) {
+        _suspend_time_passed = true;
+    } else {
+        _set_irq_pending();
+        _increment_tick();
+    }
+
+    core_util_critical_section_exit();
 }
 
 }

rtos/TARGET_CORTEX/SysTimer.h

@@ -56,6 +56,34 @@ public:
      */
     static void setup_irq();
 
+    /**
+     * Set wakeup time and schedule a wakeup event after delta ticks
+     *
+     * After suspend has been called the function suspend_time_passed
+     * can be used to determine if the suspend time has passed.
+     *
+     * @param delta Ticks to remain suspended
+     */
+    void suspend(uint32_t delta);
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the suspend time has passed
+     *
+     * @return true if the specified number of ticks has passed otherwise false
+     */
+    bool suspend_time_passed();
+
+    /**
+     * Exit suspend mode and return elapsed ticks
+     *
+     * Due to a scheduling issue, the number of ticks returned is decremented
+     * by 1 so that a handler can be called and update to the current value.
+     * This allows scheduling restart successfully after the OS is resumed.
+     *
+     * @return the number of elapsed ticks minus 1
+     */
+    uint32_t resume();
+
     /**
      * Schedule an os tick to fire
      *
@@ -77,17 +105,6 @@ public:
      */
     uint32_t get_tick();
 
-    /**
-     * Update the internal tick count
-     *
-     * @return The number of ticks incremented
-     *
-     * @note Due to a scheduling issue, the number of ticks returned is decremented
-     * by 1 so that a handler can be called and update to the current value.
-     * This allows scheduling restart successfully after the OS is resumed.
-     */
-    uint32_t update_tick();
-
     /**
      * Get the time
      *
@@ -97,10 +114,12 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     virtual void handler();
-    void increment_tick();
+    void _increment_tick();
-    static void set_irq_pending();
+    static void _set_irq_pending();
     us_timestamp_t _start_time;
     uint64_t _tick;
+    bool _suspend_time_passed;
+    bool _suspended;
 };
 
 /**

rtos/TARGET_CORTEX/mbed_rtx_idle.cpp

@@ -95,21 +95,24 @@ uint32_t OS_Tick_GetInterval (void) {
 
 static void default_idle_hook(void)
 {
-    uint32_t elapsed_ticks = 0;
+    uint32_t ticks_to_sleep = osKernelSuspend();
+    os_timer->suspend(ticks_to_sleep);
 
-    core_util_critical_section_enter();
+    bool event_pending = false;
-    uint32_t ticks_to_sleep = svcRtxKernelSuspend();
+    while (!os_timer->suspend_time_passed() && !event_pending) {
-    if (ticks_to_sleep) {
-        os_timer->schedule_tick(ticks_to_sleep);
 
-        sleep();
+        core_util_critical_section_enter();
+        if (osRtxInfo.kernel.pendSV) {
+            event_pending = true;
+        } else {
+            sleep();
+        }
+        core_util_critical_section_exit();
 
-        os_timer->cancel_tick();
+        // Ensure interrupts get a chance to fire
-        // calculate how long we slept
+        __ISB();
-        elapsed_ticks = os_timer->update_tick();
     }
-    svcRtxKernelResume(elapsed_ticks);
+    osKernelResume(os_timer->resume());
-    core_util_critical_section_exit();
 }
 
 #elif defined(FEATURE_UVISOR)