Hi,
I am currently working on a project with a Fujitsu MB96348 MCU. I was successfully using FreeRTOS 6.1.1 until now, yesterday I upgraded to FreeRTOS 7.0.0 to use the new timer API.

Unfortunately my test application hangs as soon as I start a timer, even the tick generator stops working (I have a tick hook function that toggles an output of the MCU).

My main() function looks like this:

void main(void)
{
    xTaskHandle xBlinkTaskSlowHandle    = NULL;
    xTaskHandle xBlinkTaskFastHandle    = NULL;
    xTaskHandle xCANopenTaskHandle      = NULL;

    xTimerHandle xTestTimer1            = NULL;
    xTimerHandle xTestTimer2            = NULL;


    InitIrqLevels();
    __set_il(7);
    IO_Init(); /* configure I/Os */


xTaskCreate(
            vBlinkTaskSlow,
            ( signed char * ) "BlinkTaskSlow",
            configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE,
            NULL,
            tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 3,
            &xBlinkTaskSlowHandle);

xTaskCreate(
            vBlinkTaskFast,
            ( signed char * ) "BlinkTaskFast",
            configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE,
            NULL,
            tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 2,
            &xBlinkTaskFastHandle);


xTimerCreate(
            ( signed char ) "TestTimer1",
            ( 1000 / portTICK_RATE_MS),
            pdTRUE,
            1,
            vTestTimer1Callback);

    xTimerCreate(
                ( signed char ) "TestTimer2",
                ( 3000 / portTICK_RATE_MS),
                pdTRUE,
                2,
                vTestTimer2Callback);

    xTimerStart(xTestTimer1, 0);
    xTimerStart(xTestTimer2, 0);

vTaskStartScheduler();

for(;;) {
unsigned int uiCount = 0;
for (uiCount = 0; uiCount < 2000000; uiCount++) {
__wait_nop();
}
PDR03_P3 = ~PDR03_P3;
}
}

The callback functions for the timers both look like this:

tmrTIMER_CALLBACK vTestTimer1Callback( xTimerHandle *xTimer )
{
    PDR06_P6 = ~PDR06_P6; /* this toggles a LED */
}

The content of my FreeRTOSConfig.h is:

#define configMEMMODEL portMEDIUM

/* Demo specific definition - set this to 1 if you want to include the task
that writes trace and debug information to the UART.  If it is set to 0 then
the ComTest tasks will be included in place of the trace task. */
#define INCLUDE_TraceListTasks0

/*-----------------------------------------------------------
 * Application specific definitions.
 *
 * These definitions should be adjusted for your particular hardware and
 * application requirements.
 *
 * THESE PARAMETERS ARE DESCRIBED WITHIN THE 'CONFIGURATION' SECTION OF THE
 * FreeRTOS API DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE ON THE FreeRTOS.org WEB SITE. 
 *----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define configUSE_PREEMPTION1
#define configUSE_IDLE_HOOK0/* 1 by default */
#define configUSE_TICK_HOOK1
#define configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE( ( unsigned short ) 180 ) /* This can be greatly reduced when using the small or medium memory model. */
#define configCPU_CLOCK_HZ( ( unsigned long ) 48000000 )/* Clock setup from start.asm in the demo application. */
#define configCLKP1_CLOCK_HZ( ( unsigned long ) 48000000 )/* Clock setup from start.asm in the demo application. */
#define configTICK_RATE_HZ( (portTickType) 10000 )
#define configMAX_PRIORITIES( ( unsigned portBASE_TYPE ) 6 )
#define configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE( (size_t) (3000) )/* was 20000 before */
#define configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN( 20 )
#define configUSE_16_BIT_TICKS1
#define configIDLE_SHOULD_YIELD1
#define configUSE_MUTEXES1
#define configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY0/* 1 by default */
#define configCHECK_FOR_STACK_OVERFLOW1/* 0 by default */
#define configUSE_TIMERS            1
#define configTIMER_TASK_PRIORITY   ( configMAX_PRIORITIES - 2)
#define configTIMER_QUEUE_LENGTH    5
#define configTIMER_TASK_STACK_DEPTH    ( configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE )

/* Co-routine definitions. */
#define configUSE_CO_ROUTINES1
#define configMAX_CO_ROUTINE_PRIORITIES ( 2 )/* 4 by default */

/* Set the following definitions to 1 to include the API function, or zero
to exclude the API function. */
#define INCLUDE_vTaskPrioritySet1
#define INCLUDE_uxTaskPriorityGet1
#define INCLUDE_vTaskDelete1
#define INCLUDE_vTaskCleanUpResources1
#define INCLUDE_vTaskSuspend1
#define INCLUDE_vResumeFromISR1
#define INCLUDE_vTaskDelayUntil1
#define INCLUDE_vTaskDelay1
#define INCLUDE_xTaskGetSchedulerState1
#define INCLUDE_xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle1

#define configKERNEL_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY 6


I think there might be a problem with the message queue, but I am not sure.

Does anybody have any suggestions where to look at? Is my configuration OK, or do I overlook a failure?

Thanks in advance!

The problem is solved. I didn't sore the return value of the xTimerCreate() -calls, so xTimerStart() always got a NULL handle as first parameter. My fault :)

I am used to get an initialized task handle if I call xTaskCreate(), that was the reason why I had to search for the mistake quite long. IMHO it is some kind of design inconsistency to hand over a task handly by parameter, but pass a timer handly by return value. Maybe the developers might think about that ;)

The problem is solved. I didn't sore the return value of the xTimerCreate() -calls, so xTimerStart() always got a NULL handle as first parameter. My fault :)

I am used to get an initialized task handle if I call xTaskCreate(), that was the reason why I had to search for the mistake quite long. IMHO it is some kind of design inconsistency to hand over a task handly by parameter, but pass a timer handly by return value. Maybe the developers might think about that ;)