Incorporate the work thread

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/nuttx/code/trunk@2230 42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nuttx/include/nuttx/wqueue.h b/nuttx/include/nuttx/wqueue.h
index 5b6a3651e..f1ebc3ec0 100755
--- a/nuttx/include/nuttx/wqueue.h
+++ b/nuttx/include/nuttx/wqueue.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/config.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <queue.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE
@@ -132,6 +133,22 @@ EXTERN int work_queue(struct work_s *work, worker_t worker, FAR void *arg, uint3
 
 EXTERN int work_cancel(struct work_s *work);
 
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: work_signal
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Signal the worker thread to process the work queue now.
+ *
+ * Input parameters:
+ *   None
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *   Zero on success, a negated errno on failure
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#define work_signal() kill(g_worker, SIGWORK)
+
 #undef EXTERN
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }