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Minor improvements for ThreadX detection #93

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
- Add FS-RTOS support. FS-RTOS is very similar to uC/OS-II, so no need to create a own implementation for it.
- Add another tab to ThreadX to display byte pools.
- Contribution to support for Renesas Electronics GDB hardware and simulator debugger
- Some minor improvements for ThreadX detection

## 0.0.14 - Jan 25, 2026

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113 changes: 105 additions & 8 deletions src/rtos/rtos-threadx.ts
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Expand Up @@ -166,21 +166,21 @@ export class RTOSThreadX extends RTOSCommon.RTOSBase {
this.semaphoreCreatedCount,
useFrameId,
'_tx_semaphore_created_count',
false,
true,
);

this.mutexCreatedCount = await this.getVarIfEmpty(
this.mutexCreatedCount,
useFrameId,
'_tx_mutex_created_count',
false,
true,
);

this.bytePoolCreatedCount = await this.getVarIfEmpty(
this.bytePoolCreatedCount,
useFrameId,
'_tx_byte_pool_created_count',
false,
true,
);

this.status = 'initialized';
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const htmlBytePools = this.getHTMLTable(BytePoolItemNames, BytePoolTableItems, this.bytePools, (_) => '');

const tabs = [{ title: 'Threads' }, { title: 'Semaphores' }, { title: 'Mutexes' }, { title: 'Byte Pools' }];
const tabs = [
{
title: `Threads
<vscode-badge appearance="secondary">
${this.threads.length}
</vscode-badge>`
},
{
title: `Semaphores
<vscode-badge appearance="secondary">
${this.semaphores.length}
</vscode-badge>`
},
{
title: `Mutexes
<vscode-badge appearance="secondary">
${this.mutexes.length}
</vscode-badge>`
},
{
title: `Byte Pools
<vscode-badge appearance="secondary">
${this.bytePools.length}
</vscode-badge>`
}
];

const views = [
{ content: htmlThreads.html },
{ content: htmlSemaphores.html },
{ content: htmlMutexes.html },
{ content: htmlBytePools.html },
{
content:(this.threads.length > 0)
? htmlThreads.html
: this.getNoThreadsFoundHtml().html
},
{
content: this.semaphoreCreatedCount
? ((this.semaphores.length > 0) ? htmlSemaphores.html : this.getNoObjectsCreatedHtml('Semaphores', 'tx_semaphore_create()').html)
: this.getObjectNotAvailableHtml('Semaphores').html
},
{
content: this.mutexCreatedCount
? ((this.mutexes.length > 0) ? htmlMutexes.html : this.getNoObjectsCreatedHtml('Mutexes', 'tx_mutex_create()').html)
: this.getObjectNotAvailableHtml('Mutexes').html
},
{
content: this.bytePoolCreatedCount
? ((this.bytePools.length > 0) ? htmlBytePools.html : this.getNoObjectsCreatedHtml('Byte Pools', 'tx_byte_pool_create()').html)
: this.getObjectNotAvailableHtml('Byte Pools').html
},
];

const htmlPanels = this.getHTMLPanels(tabs, views, [], true);
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return htmlContent;
}

/**
* Gets the HTML help text for missing symbol caused by ThreadX object not compiled or linked.
* @param objectName - Name of the ThreadX object in plural form.
* @returns Help text in the form of RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo.
*/
private getObjectNotAvailableHtml(objectName: string): RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo{
return {
html: `
<div>
<div><strong>${objectName} not available in F/W</strong></div>
<div>
${objectName} not compiled or linked into the firmware that is being debugged.
</div>
</div>`,
css: ''
};
}

/**
* Gets the HTML help text for when no ThreadX threads are found. This function is specifically for threads only.
* @returns Help text in the form of RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo.
*/
private getNoThreadsFoundHtml() : RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo {
return {
html: `
<div>
<div><strong>${this.name} threads not found</strong></div>
<div>
No threads detected, perhaps RTOS not yet initialized or threads yet to be created.<br>
Call <code>tx_thread_create()</code> to create them if necessary.
</div>
</div>`,
css: ''
};
}

/**
* Gets the HTML help text for when no ThreadX objects are found. This is a generic function for all objects.
* @param objectName - Name of the ThreadX object in plural form.
* @param createFunctionName - Name of the tx_*_create() function used to create the ThreadX object.
* @returns Help text in the form of RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo.
*/
private getNoObjectsCreatedHtml(objectName: string, createFunctionName: string) : RTOSCommon.HtmlInfo {
return {
html: `
<div>
<div><strong>No ${objectName} found</strong></div>
<div>
${objectName} not created. Call <code>${createFunctionName}</code> to create them if necessary.
</div>
</div>`,
css: ''
};
}

private async getThreadInfo(numThreads: number, frameId: number): Promise<void> {
const threads: RTOSCommon.RTOSThreadInfo[] = [];

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