GattServer::write on Nordic's targets use sd_ble_gatts_hvx to send an
handle value Notification or Indication; This function can fail if the
connection handle is invalid or if Updates are not enabled for this
connection.
This patch workaround those limitations.
Previously, send() was somewhat soft - it only ever made one send
call to the underlying stack, so it would typically take as much data
as would fit in the buffer, and only block if it was unable to write
anything.
This is not the intent of a POSIX socket/filehandle write. It should try
to send everything if blocking, and only send less if interrupted by a
signal:
- If the O_NONBLOCK flag is clear, write() shall block the calling
thread until the data can be accepted.
- If the O_NONBLOCK flag is set, write() shall not block the thread.
If some data can be written without blocking the thread, write()
shall write what it can and return the number of bytes written.
Otherwise, it shall return -1 and set errno to [EAGAIN].
This "send all" behaviour is of slightly limited usefulness in POSIX, as
you still usually have to worry about the interruption possibility:
- If write() is interrupted by a signal before it writes any data, it
shall return -1 with errno set to [EINTR].
- If write() is interrupted by a signal after it successfully writes
some data, it shall return the number of bytes written.
But as mbed OS does not have the possibility of signal interruption, if we
strengthen send to write everything, we can make applications' lives
easier - they can just do "send(large amount)" confident that it will
all go in one call (if no errors).
So, rework to make multiple sends to the underlying stack, blocking as
necessary, until all data is written.
This change does not apply to recv(), which is correct in only blocking until
some data is available:
- If O_NONBLOCK is set, read() shall return -1 and set errno to [EAGAIN].
- If O_NONBLOCK is clear, read() shall block the calling thread until some
data becomes available.
- The use of the O_NONBLOCK flag has no effect if there is some data
available.
The index field of FATFS_DIR does not encapsulate all the context
required to reposition the directory traversal. ChaN provides
f_rewinddir() but no directory seek, so rewind if necessary then step
through until the desired index is reached.
This patch includes:
* Documentation update.
* Code simplification and correctness; the value overloads based on the
size of the hrm counter has been removed in favor of runtime check which
is more correct.
* The control point characteristic has been removed since HeartRate value
byte does not support the accumulated energy expanded.
Martin Kojtal
Mahadevan Mahesh
Vincent Coubard
Jimmy Brisson
Steven Cooreman
Arto Kinnunen
Amanda Butler
Kevin Bracey
bcostm
Colin Hogben
Steven Cooreman
Bartek Szatkowski