restructured wifi channel rotation

src/main.cpp

@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ void setup() {
   Task          Core  Prio  Purpose
   ====================================================================
   IDLE          0     0     ESP32 arduino scheduler
-  wifiloop      0     1     switches Wifi channels
+  gpsloop       0     2     read data from GPS over serial or i2c
-  gpsloop       0     2     reasd data from GPS over serial or i2c
   IDLE          1     0     Arduino loop() -> unused
   loraloop      1     1     runs the LMIC stack
   statemachine  1     3     switches process logic
@@ -338,8 +337,6 @@ void setup() {
   // arduino-esp32 core. Note: do this *after* wifi has started, since
   // function gets it's seed from RF noise
   reset_salt(); // get new 16bit for salting hashes
-  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(wifi_channel_loop, "wifiloop", 2048, (void *)1, 1,
-                          &WifiLoopTask, 0);
 
   // start state machine
   ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting Statemachine...");
@@ -366,12 +363,15 @@ void stateMachine(void *pvParameters) {
     updateDisplay();
 #endif
 
-    // check housekeeping cycle and if expired do the work
+    // check wifi scan cycle and if due rotate channel
+    if (ChannelTimerIRQ)
+      switchWifiChannel(channel);
+    // check housekeeping cycle and if due do the work
     if (HomeCycleIRQ)
       doHousekeeping();
     // check send queue and process it
-    processSendBuffer();
+    enqueuePayload();
-    // check send cycle and enqueue payload if cycle is expired
+    // check send cycle and if due enqueue payload to send
     if (SendCycleTimerIRQ)
       sendPayload();
     // yield to CPU

src/senddata.cpp

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void IRAM_ATTR SendCycleIRQ() {
 }
 
 // interrupt triggered function to eat data from RTos send queues and transmit it
-void processSendBuffer() {
+void enqueuePayload() {
   MessageBuffer_t SendBuffer;
 
 #ifdef HAS_LORA
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void processSendBuffer() {
   }
 #endif
 
-} // processSendBuffer
+} // enqueuePayload
 
 void flushQueues() {
 #ifdef HAS_LORA

src/senddata.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 void SendData(uint8_t port);
 void sendPayload(void);
 void SendCycleIRQ(void);
-void processSendBuffer(void);
+void enqueuePayload(void);
 void flushQueues();
 
 #endif // _SENDDATA_H_

src/wifiscan.cpp

@@ -43,26 +43,15 @@ void wifi_sniffer_init(void) {
   ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_promiscuous(true)); // now switch on monitor mode
 }
 
-// Wifi channel rotation task
+// Wifi channel rotation
-void wifi_channel_loop(void *pvParameters) {
+void switchWifiChannel(uint8_t &ch) {
-
-  configASSERT(((uint32_t)pvParameters) == 1); // FreeRTOS check
-
-  while (1) {
-
-    if (ChannelTimerIRQ) {
       portENTER_CRITICAL(&timerMux);
       ChannelTimerIRQ = 0;
       portEXIT_CRITICAL(&timerMux);
       // rotates variable channel 1..WIFI_CHANNEL_MAX
-      channel = (channel % WIFI_CHANNEL_MAX) + 1;
+      ch = (ch % WIFI_CHANNEL_MAX) + 1;
-      esp_wifi_set_channel(channel, WIFI_SECOND_CHAN_NONE);
+      esp_wifi_set_channel(ch, WIFI_SECOND_CHAN_NONE);
-      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Wifi set channel %d", channel);
+      ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Wifi set channel %d", &ch);
-    }
-
-    vTaskDelay(2 / portTICK_PERIOD_MS); // yield to CPU
-
-  } // end of infinite wifi channel rotation loop
     }
 
 // IRQ handler

src/wifiscan.h

@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ typedef struct {
 void wifi_sniffer_init(void);
 void wifi_sniffer_packet_handler(void *buff, wifi_promiscuous_pkt_type_t type);
 void ChannelSwitchIRQ(void);
-void wifi_channel_loop(void *pvParameters);
+void switchWifiChannel(uint8_t &ch);
 
 #endif