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RTKernel-32 Programming Manual

Multitasking, Real-Time, and RTKernel-32

Module RTKernel-32

Alternate APIs for RTKernel-32

RTKernel-C 4.5 for DOS Compatible API

Win32 Thread Compatible API

Win32 Priorities

Win32 and RTKernel-32 Error Handling

Mixing RTKernel-32 and Win32 APIs

Function GetCurrentThreadId

Function CreateThread

Function ExitThread

Function TerminateThread

Function GetExitCodeThread

Function GetCurrentThread

Function GetTickCount

Function GetTickCount64

Function SuspendThread

Function ResumeThread

Function SetThreadPriority

Function GetThreadPriority

Function InitializeCriticalSection

Function InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount

Function EnterCriticalSection

Function TryEnterCriticalSection

Function LeaveCriticalSection

Function DeleteCriticalSection

Function CreateEvent

Function CreateMutex

Function CreateSemaphore

Function OpenEvent

Function OpenMutex

Function OpenSemaphore

Function SetEvent

Function ResetEvent

Function PulseEvent

Function ReleaseMutex

Function ReleaseSemaphore

Function WaitForSingleObject

Function WaitForMultipleObjects

Function QueryPerformanceCounter

Function QueryPerformanceFrequency

Function GetThreadId

Function SleepEx

Function QueueUserAPC

Function QueueUserWorkItem

Function GetSystemTimeAdjustment

Function SwitchToThread

Function CreateWaitableTimer

Function SetWaitableTimer

Function OpenWaitableTimer

Function CancelWaitableTimer

Function SetThreadAffinityMask

Function SetThreadGroupAffinity

Supplemental Modules

RTKernel-32 Drivers

Advanced Topics

Typical Error Sources

Error and Information Messages

RTKernel-32 Reference Manual

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Function InitializeCriticalSection

Depending on flag RF_WIN32CS_MUTEX set in RTKConfig.Flags, InitializeCriticalSection creates an RTKernel-32 counting or mutex semaphore and associates it with the critical section object passed as the parameter. If RTKConfig flag RF_NAMED_WIN32CS is set (which it is by default), the semaphore is assigned a uniquely allocated name in the format "W32 CS address", where address is the hexadecimal address of the critical section object. If RF_NAMED_WIN32CS is not set, all Win32 critical section semaphores get the same name "Win32 CS", which reduces the memory requirement of each critical section by 16 bytes.

Under RTKernel-32, calling InitializeCriticalSection is optional. Functions EnterCriticalSection and TryEnterCriticalSection will implicitly call InitializeCriticalSection if an uninitialized critical section is supplied as a parameter (that is, a structure with all fields set to zero).

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Function GetThreadPriority

Down Function InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount