嵌入式系统部分知识点翻译解读.doc

6.5 Points to Remember Some points to remember include the following: Using semaphores allows multiple tasks, or ISRs to tasks, to synchronize execution to synchronize execution or coordinate mutually exclusive access to a shared resource. Semaphores have an associated semaphore control block (SCB), a unique ID, a user-assigned value (binary or a count), and a task-waiting list. Three common types of semaphores are binary, counting, and mutual exclusion (mutex), each of which can be acquired or released. Binary semaphores are either available (1) or unavailable (0). Counting semaphores ar