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On 9 Lut, 15:26, Jean-Pierre Rosen <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:

> There are two kinds of blockings: bounded and unbounded. The idea is
> that when computing a time budget, you can account for bounded
> blockings, but not unbounded ones.

> The "potentially blocking" phrase should be understood as really meaning
> unbounded.

Well, I know what you try to convey, but there are traps:

   delay Some_Static_Constant;

Is it bounded or unbounded?

As far as WCET (or any other time-based analysis) goes, the above can
be accounted for statically. Still, it is a no-no within any protected
operation.

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Maciej Sobczak * www.msobczak.com * www.inspirel.com

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