FreeRTOS version upgrade in nRF5 SDK v16

[hubpav]

Hi, do you plan to upgrade FreeRTOS? In nRF5 SDK v16.0.0, there is FreeRTOS v10.0.0 - at the time of writing, FreeRTOS v10.2.1 is available and it comes with a few fixes. Thanks.

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi. 

This might come at a later time, but at the moment there is no plans to upgrade the FreeRTOS version in nRF5 SDK v16. 

Best regards, 
Joakim

[hubpav]

Hello Joakim, thank you for the prompt reaction. We won't lose our hope  Cheers! P.

[Joakim Jakobsen]

No problem. I'll try to update the ticket if I hear anything about us updating FreeRTOS. 

Cheers, 
Joakim

[hubpav]

Great, thank you so much, Joakim. I am sure for many developers and applications, the FreeRTOS support is a must. Today, I have to workaround the following stream buffer API of FreeRTOS because it is not thread-safe in v10.0.0:

void os_stream_flush(os_stream_t *stream)
{
    // TODO Workaround FreeRTOS bug (will be fixed in future release)
    os_critical_enter();

    xStreamBufferReset(stream->_handle);

    // TODO Workaround FreeRTOS bug (will be fixed in future release)
    os_critical_exit();
}

[Rambooka]

And there is also this  Integer Overflow Vulnerability

https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-119-04

Please consider updating freeRTOS soon :-)