These function attributes are supported by the AVR back end:
interrupt
Use this attribute to indicate that the specified function is an interrupt handler. The compiler generates function entry and exit sequences suitable for use in an interrupt handler when this attribute is present.
On the AVR, the hardware globally disables interrupts when an interrupt is executed. The first instruction of an interrupt handler declared with this attribute is a SEI
instruction to re-enable interrupts. See also the signal
function attribute that does not insert a SEI
instruction. If both signal
and interrupt
are specified for the same function, signal
is silently ignored.
naked
This attribute allows the compiler to construct the requisite function declaration, while allowing the body of the function to be assembly code. The specified function will not have prologue/epilogue sequences generated by the compiler. Only basic asm
statements can safely be included in naked functions (see Basic Asm). While using extended asm
or a mixture of basic asm
and C code may appear to work, they cannot be depended upon to work reliably and are not supported.
OS_main
OS_task
On AVR, functions with the OS_main
or OS_task
attribute do not save/restore any call-saved register in their prologue/epilogue.
The OS_main
attribute can be used when there is guarantee that interrupts are disabled at the time when the function is entered. This saves resources when the stack pointer has to be changed to set up a frame for local variables.
The OS_task
attribute can be used when there is no guarantee that interrupts are disabled at that time when the function is entered like for, e.g. task functions in a multi-threading operating system. In that case, changing the stack pointer register is guarded by save/clear/restore of the global interrupt enable flag.
The differences to the naked
function attribute are:
naked
functions do not have a return instruction whereas OS_main
and OS_task
functions have a RET
or RETI
return instruction. naked
functions do not set up a frame for local variables or a frame pointer whereas OS_main
and OS_task
do this as needed. signal
Use this attribute on the AVR to indicate that the specified function is an interrupt handler. The compiler generates function entry and exit sequences suitable for use in an interrupt handler when this attribute is present.
See also the interrupt
function attribute.
The AVR hardware globally disables interrupts when an interrupt is executed. Interrupt handler functions defined with the signal
attribute do not re-enable interrupts. It is save to enable interrupts in a signal
handler. This “save” only applies to the code generated by the compiler and not to the IRQ layout of the application which is responsibility of the application.
If both signal
and interrupt
are specified for the same function, signal
is silently ignored.
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