bool IRQActivity::start() { if (m_irq == -1) { // no FD explicitely set. Try to find one. ExecutionEngine* engine = dynamic_cast<ExecutionEngine*>(m_runner); if (engine) { Provider* provider = dynamic_cast<Provider*>(engine->getParent()); if (provider) m_irq = provider->getIRQ(); } } if (m_irq == -1) { Logger::log() << Logger::Error << "no IRQ set for IRQActivity" << Logger::endl; return false; } char name[20]; if (snprintf(name, 20, "IRQActivity%d", m_irq) >= 20) { Logger::log() << Logger::Error << "something is wrong with m_irq. Are you trying to do a buffer overflow ?" << strerror(errno) << Logger::endl; return false; } int ret = rt_intr_create(&m_handle, name, m_irq, 0); if (ret != 0) { Logger::log() << Logger::Error << "cannot create interrupt object for IRQ " << m_irq << ": " << strerror(-ret) << Logger::endl; return false; } if (! Activity::start()) { rt_intr_delete(&m_handle); return false; } return true; }