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Line 99: − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + + + − | 0x5E+ − | u16+ − | Unused, alignment + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + + − There are 4 KResourceLimit objects created on the kernel heap. Each is used for a different category specified by the exheader's resource limit category specifier in the exheader [[NCCH/Extended_Header#ARM11_Local_System_Capabilities|ARM11 Local System Capabilities]].+ + + + +
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| 0x58
| KThread*
| KObjectMutex
| Thread operating on the KResourceLimit object
| Mutex
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| 0x5C
| 0x60
| s16
| KPreemptionTimer
| Track errors for the running thread above.
| Preemption timer for the current core, see below
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There are 4 KResourceLimit objects created on the kernel heap. Each is used for a different category specified by the exheader's resource limit category specifier in the exheader [[NCCH/Extended_Header#ARM11_Local_System_Capabilities|ARM11 Local System Capabilities]].
'''KPreemptionTimer''':
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! Offset
! Type
! Description
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| 0x60
| 0x0
| u32
| u32
| Unknown
| Max CPU time in ticks for preemption type 0 (default preemption type)
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| 0x64
| 0x4
| u32
| u32
| Unknown
| Current timer (in watchdog timer ticks)
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| 0x68
| 0x8
| u32
| u32
| Unknown
| Last remembered watchdog timer counter value
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| 0x6C
| 0xC
| u32
| u32
| Unknown
| Max CPU time in ticks for preemption type 1
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|}
A call to svcSetResourceLimitValues with a limit value of 1000 for CPU time must be done first to set up some global variables and the associated [[KTimeableInterruptEvent]] instances, and another call needs to be made to actually enable preemption.
Preemption type 0: this is the default, preempts threads on core1 and allow them to run only 2ms * (timeLimit / 100).
Preemption type 1: ''seems'' to be borked, it was apparently intended to preempt threads on all cores but seems to only preempt the kernel thread running the preemptor itself and threads on core1... (time slice: 12.5ms * (timeLimit / 100))
"Firm" dev consoles can switch between these two types using svcKernelSetState type 6.