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/**
 * @file px4_deamon_app.c
 * Deamon application example for PX4 autopilot
 */

#include <nuttx/config.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static bool thread_should_exit = false;		/**< Deamon exit flag */
static bool thread_running = false;		/**< Deamon status flag */
static int deamon_task;				/**< Handle of deamon task / thread */

/**
 * Deamon management function.
 */
__EXPORT int px4_deamon_app_main(int argc, char *argv[]);

/**
 * Mainloop of deamon.
 */
int px4_deamon_thread_main(int argc, char *argv[]);

/**
 * Print the correct usage.
 */
static void usage(const char *reason);

static void
usage(const char *reason)
{
	if (reason)
		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", reason);
	fprintf(stderr, "usage: deamon {start|stop|status} [-p <additional params>]\n\n");
	exit(1);
}

/**
 * The deamon app only briefly exists to start
 * the background job. The stack size assigned in the
 * Makefile does only apply to this management task.
 * 
 * The actual stack size should be set in the call
 * to task_create().
 */
int px4_deamon_app_main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	if (argc < 1)
		usage("missing command");

	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "start")) {

		if (thread_running) {
			printf("deamon already running\n");
			/* this is not an error */
			exit(0);
		}

		thread_should_exit = false;
		deamon_task = task_spawn("deamon",
					 SCHED_DEFAULT,
					 SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
					 4096,
					 px4_deamon_thread_main,
					 (argv) ? (const char **)&argv[2] : (const char **)NULL);
		exit(0);
	}

	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "stop")) {
		thread_should_exit = true;
		exit(0);
	}

	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "status")) {
		if (thread_running) {
			printf("\tdeamon app is running\n");
		} else {
			printf("\tdeamon app not started\n");
		}
		exit(0);
	}

	usage("unrecognized command");
	exit(1);
}

int px4_deamon_thread_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

	printf("[deamon] starting\n");

	thread_running = true;

	while (!thread_should_exit) {
		printf("Hello Deamon!\n");
		sleep(10);
	}

	printf("[deamon] exiting.\n");

	thread_running = false;

	return 0;
}