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embassy-executor/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Replaced Pender. Implementations now must define an extern function called `__pender`.
+
 ## 0.2.1 - 2023-08-10
 
 - Avoid calling `pend()` when waking expired timers

embassy-executor/src/raw/mod.rs

@@ -291,21 +291,6 @@ impl<F: Future + 'static, const N: usize> TaskPool<F, N> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Platform/architecture-specific action executed when an executor has pending work.
-///
-/// When a task within an executor is woken, the `Pender` is called. This does a
-/// platform/architecture-specific action to signal there is pending work in the executor.
-/// When this happens, you must arrange for [`Executor::poll`] to be called.
-///
-/// You can think of it as a waker, but for the whole executor.
-///
-/// Platform/architecture implementations must provide a function that can be referred to as:
-///
-/// ```rust
-/// extern "Rust" {
-///     fn __pender(context: *mut ());
-/// }
-/// ```
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub(crate) struct Pender(*mut ());
 
@@ -451,15 +436,31 @@ impl SyncExecutor {
 ///
 /// - To get the executor to do work, call `poll()`. This will poll all queued tasks (all tasks
 ///   that "want to run").
-/// - You must supply a [`Pender`]. The executor will call it to notify you it has work
+/// - You must supply a pender function, as shown below. The executor will call it to notify you
-///   to do. You must arrange for `poll()` to be called as soon as possible.
+///   it has work to do. You must arrange for `poll()` to be called as soon as possible.
+/// - Enabling `arch-xx` features will define a pender function for you. This means that you
+///   are limited to using the executors provided to you by the architecture/platform
+///   implementation. If you need a different executor, you must not enable `arch-xx` features.
 ///
-/// The [`Pender`] can be called from *any* context: any thread, any interrupt priority
+/// The pender can be called from *any* context: any thread, any interrupt priority
 /// level, etc. It may be called synchronously from any `Executor` method call as well.
 /// You must deal with this correctly.
 ///
 /// In particular, you must NOT call `poll` directly from the pender callback, as this violates
 /// the requirement for `poll` to not be called reentrantly.
+///
+/// The pender function must be exported with the name `__pender` and have the following signature:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// #[export_name = "__pender"]
+/// fn pender(context: *mut ()) {
+///    // schedule `poll()` to be called
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// The `context` argument is a piece of arbitrary data the executor will pass to the pender.
+/// You can set the `context` when calling [`Executor::new()`]. You can use it to, for example,
+/// differentiate between executors, or to pass a pointer to a callback that should be called.
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Executor {
     pub(crate) inner: SyncExecutor,
@@ -474,9 +475,9 @@ impl Executor {
 
     /// Create a new executor.
     ///
-    /// When the executor has work to do, it will call the [`Pender`].
+    /// When the executor has work to do, it will call the pender function and pass `context` to it.
     ///
-    /// See [`Executor`] docs for details on `Pender`.
+    /// See [`Executor`] docs for details on the pender.
     pub fn new(context: *mut ()) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner: SyncExecutor::new(Pender(context)),
@@ -502,16 +503,16 @@ impl Executor {
     /// This loops over all tasks that are queued to be polled (i.e. they're
     /// freshly spawned or they've been woken). Other tasks are not polled.
     ///
-    /// You must call `poll` after receiving a call to the [`Pender`]. It is OK
+    /// You must call `poll` after receiving a call to the pender. It is OK
-    /// to call `poll` even when not requested by the `Pender`, but it wastes
+    /// to call `poll` even when not requested by the pender, but it wastes
     /// energy.
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// You must NOT call `poll` reentrantly on the same executor.
     ///
-    /// In particular, note that `poll` may call the `Pender` synchronously. Therefore, you
+    /// In particular, note that `poll` may call the pender synchronously. Therefore, you
-    /// must NOT directly call `poll()` from the `Pender` callback. Instead, the callback has to
+    /// must NOT directly call `poll()` from the pender callback. Instead, the callback has to
     /// somehow schedule for `poll()` to be called later, at a time you know for sure there's
     /// no `poll()` already running.
     pub unsafe fn poll(&'static self) {