What is the purpose of xTaskAbortDelay function in free rtos? - c

Question

I have two task in which i am receving data from bluetooth and if i receive a particular hex value , i want a task(which is Toggling LED State) to run on the basis of the received data.
If there was no data received , then both task should run as per they are scheduled.
I have been trying to use xTaskAbortDelay function , the task does run from the input from bluetooth data, however , after that the LED task is running continously.
Does xTaskAbortDelay creating some problem here?
Should I use something else to achieve the same functionality?
TaskHandle_t lora_send_data_handle;
TaskHandle_t ble_send_data_handle;
TaskHandle_t test_data_handle;
static void button_task_check(void * pvParameter)
{
TickType_t xLastWakeTime;
const TickType_t xFrequency = 1024;
xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
while(1)
{
nrf_delay_ms(100);
SEGGER_RTT_printf(0,"%s","INSIDE SWITCHING\r\n");
xTaskAbortDelay(test_data_handle);
vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, (TickType_t) 1024);
}
}
/*TASK TO RUN LEDS CHECK */
static void led_task_check(void * pvParameter)
{
TickType_t xLastWakeTime;
const TickType_t xFrequency = 122880;
xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
while(1)
{
SEGGER_RTT_printf(0,"%s","TEST TASK\r\n");
nrf_gpio_pin_write(RED,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(GREEN,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(BLUE,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(RED,0);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(GREEN,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(BLUE,1);
nrf_delay_ms(1000);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(RED,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(GREEN,0);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(BLUE,1);
nrf_delay_ms(1000);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(RED,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(GREEN,1);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(BLUE,0);
nrf_delay_ms(1000);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(RED,0);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(GREEN,0);
nrf_gpio_pin_write(BLUE,0);
nrf_delay_ms(1000);
vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, (TickType_t) 122880);
}
}
int main(void)
{
uint8_t rx_qspi[255];
SEGGER_RTT_printf(0,"%s","reset\r\n");
nrf_delay_ms(100);
xQueue1 = xQueueCreate(1, 30);
ret_code_t err_code;
err_code = nrf_drv_clock_init();
SEGGER_RTT_WriteString(0, err_code);
UNUSED_VARIABLE(xTaskCreate( button_task_check, "t", \
configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE + 200, NULL,3, &lora_send_data_handle));
UNUSED_VARIABLE(xTaskCreate(led_task_check, "et", \
configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE + 200, NULL, 2, &test_data_handle));
vTaskStartScheduler();
while(1);
}

Answer 1

Reputation to low to comment. From what you say, everything is working as you said. Need more information:
What does the LED task looks like?
Do you use preemptive or cooperative scheduler (#define configUSE_PREEMPTION 1 in freertosconfig.h file).
What are the priorities of the three tasks?
Something else to consider is: do you put the task back in BLOCKED state after it has served it's purose? You should check that first. How do you block the task in the first place?
Maybe try using calling vTaskResume( <LED task handle> ) from the bluetooth tasks and calling vTaskSuspend() from the LED task once it has finished it's job. I don't personally think this is the best approach, but it should work.