chprintf and finite timeout Topic is solved

[tsichevski]

Hi,

is it possible to use finite timeouts with chprintf()? I use this function to emit data to a serial line, which may asynchronously disconnect in the middle of the call, in which case my task hangs forever

Regards,
Vladimir

[Giovanni]

Hi,

It is not currently possible, it would require changes because chprintf() prints on a stream (BaseSequentialStream) and streams don't have timeouts.

You could consider the normal printf() and provide your output function with timeout, this is compiler-dependent however. I will look into changes for chprintf() but this could take a while.

Moving this topic under "change requests".

BTW, you could reset the serial driver output queue, it would be released.

Giovanni

[tsichevski]

Thank you, Giovanni.

Can I reset both the queues from an ordinary task, not from an interrupt?

[Giovanni]

Hi,

You can reset from task or interrupt.

Giovanni