Timer set

Posted by joe_her on July 14, 2015

I have a simple timer call back which just decrements a variable:

int timerx; // the callback function: void vTimerCb1Sec( TimerHandle_t pxTimer ) { timerx--; }

Now I need to set timerx:

void set1SecTimer(uint32_t val ) { xTimerStop(xTimers1Sec,10); timerx = val; xTimerStart(xTimers1Sec,10);

}

Is it safe to do it without stop and start like this?

void set1SecTimer(uint32_t val ) { timerx = val; }

Thanks, Johanan


Timer set

Posted by davedoors on July 14, 2015

Probably not safe just to set timerx, but it can be done in a critical section no need to stop then start the timer.

taskENTERCRITICAL(); timerx = val; taskEXITCRITICAL();


Timer set

Posted by joe_her on July 14, 2015

Thanks Dave.