attachInterrupt(...) should ignore pending interrupts (clear interrupt flag) [imported]

[cmaglie]

This is Issue 510 moved from a Google Code project.
Added by 2011-03-23T05:33:55.000Z by [email protected].
Please review that bug for more context and additional comments, but update this bug.

Original labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium, Component-Core

Original description

What steps will reproduce the problem?
Use this code:

/*

Attach your interrupt signaling button to DPIN2
Attach you attachInterrupt button to DPIN13

Fire up the serial monitor:

The first number shows if the interrupt is currently attached.
The second number shows if the interrupt is in a signaled state, i.e. if it is prepared to fire off the ISR.
  Note that in normal operation, this interrupt ready flag is unset immediately upon call of the ISR.
The third number shows a count of the calls to isrSignal, within which it is incremented by 1.

Follow these steps:
Trigger your interrupt signaling button once. 
You will see that the interrupt is detached by (EIMSK & 0x1) being 0.
(EIFR & 1) will be 0, as the trigger flag is not seen at this point in the code: The interrupt triggers and the flag is cleared.
The count will be 1.

Trigger the interrupt signal button again. 
EIMSK & 1 will not change: The interrupt was already not attached.
EIFR & 1 will now be 1, because the interrupt flag signals regardless of whether an interrupt is attached.
The count will still be 1, as the ISR was not called due to the interrupt not being attached.

Now press your attachInterrupt button to cause the interrupt to be reattached.
EIMSK & 1 will be 1. The ISR is reattached.
EIFR & 1 will be 0: The flag has been cleared.
The count will be 2. This is wrong, it should be 1 as the ISR should only have been called 
  once: The first time the interrupt button was pressed. The second time the button was pressed,
  the interrupt was not attached, so the user does not expect intervening triggers of the interrupt
  to cause an immediate call to the ISR upon reattachment.

*/
# define INTERRUPT_SIGNAL_PIN 2
# define ATTACH_INTERRUPT_PIN 13

volatile boolean signaled = false;
volatile long signalCounter = 0;

void setup () {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  pinMode(INTERRUPT_SIGNAL_PIN,INPUT);
  pinMode(ATTACH_INTERRUPT_PIN,INPUT);
  attachInterrupt(0,isrSignal,RISING);
}

void loop () {
  if (digitalRead(ATTACH_INTERRUPT_PIN) == HIGH) {
    attachInterrupt(0,isrSignal,RISING);
  }
  Serial.print( EIMSK, BIN );
  Serial.print(' ');
  Serial.print( EIFR, BIN );
  Serial.print(' ');
  Serial.println( signalCounter );
}

void isrSignal () {
  detachInterrupt(0);
  signalCounter++;
  signaled = true;
}

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Explained in the comment in the code.

What version of the Arduino software are you using? On what operating
system? Which Arduino board are you using?
This issue is seen in version 0022 of the IDE on Windows XP using a Duemilanove. However, this issue has nothing to do with any of this: See below.

Please provide any additional information below.

The solution to this issue is to read the datasheet for certain Atmegas, for example the 1284P, which on page 69 says:

When changing the ISCn bit, an interrupt can occur. Therefore, it is recommended to first disable INTn by clearing its Interrupt Enable bit in the EIMSK Register. Then, the ISCn bit can be changed. Finally, the INTn interrupt flag should be cleared by writing a logical one to its Interrupt Flag bit (INTFn) in the EIFR Register before the interrupt is re-enabled.

This is in reference to attaching an interrupt and is in the EICRA subsection of the External Interrupts section.

The short version: The interrupt flag should be unset when an interrupt is attached, otherwise the ISR can be triggered immediately upon attachment.

The fix involves a modification to WInterrupts.c. Currently, there is a switch() full of #ifs, each condition containing a variation of the following two lines of code:

EICRA = (EICRA & ~((1 << ISC00) | (1 << ISC01))) | (mode << ISC00);
EIMSK |= (1 << INT0);

The first line sets EICRA, which determines under which interrupt triggers conditions an ISR will be triggered (RISING, FALLING, etc.). The second line activates the correct bit in EIMSK high, which enables the external interrupt pin.

The fix is the addition of two more lines of code:

EIMSK &= ~(1 << INT0); //Added
EICRA = (EICRA & ~((1 << ISC00) | (1 << ISC01))) | (mode << ISC00);
EIFR |= (1 << INTF0); //Added
EIMSK |= (1 << INT0);

The first added line makes sure that the external interrupt pin is disabled while changing the value of EICRA, as recommended in the datasheet. The second added line clears the interrupt triggered flag. It looks like the flag is being set by use of |=, but this is the correct method. See page 69: "Alternatively, the flag can be cleared by writing a logical one to it."

This fix is tested and fully working.

The first added line of code, which disables the external interrupt pin, is not required for this specific fix. However, it is recommended in the datasheet and seems to be able to help in certain fringe conditions.

[isriram]

Yep. This one bit me as well. I had to clear the interrupt using the EIFR |= 0x01 immediately after I attach the interrupt or else there were false triggers. I was using FALLING condition.

[ortegafernando]

hi,
Any plan to move this to master brand ?
regards

[PaulStoffregen]

Adafruit CC3300 and perhaps other libraries depend on this behavior. Changing it will cause programs to break.

[morefigs]

@cmaglie wouldn't EIFR |= (1 << INTF0); clear all interrupt flags? Or is that the intended consequence?