Due ARM equivalent of ATOMIC_BLOCK(ATOMIC_RESTORESTATE) [SOLVED]

Hardware Arduino Due
1

I am working on updating my Entropy library to work on the Due platform, using the trng instead of timer jitter as the entropy source.

I need to make a small block of code atomic and can't find any way other than some references I found online to two functions __disable_interrupts() and __enable_interrupts(). The only definition I found in the Arduino 1.5.x directory tree for those is for a Wifi related library, so I don't think they exist for my purpose. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Here is my current test code

#include <sam.h>
#include <sam3xa/include/component/component_trng.h>

const uint8_t ENTROPY_POOL_SIZE=32;
volatile uint8_t g_entropy_pool_start;
volatile uint8_t g_entropy_pool_end;
volatile uint32_t g_entropy_pool[ENTROPY_POOL_SIZE+1];

uint32_t test_random(void)
{
  uint32_t retVal;
  retVal = g_entropy_pool[0];  // Place holder until atomic issue addressed
//  __disable_interrupt();    //  NEED TO MAKE THIS BLOCK ATTOMIC
//    retVal = g_entropy_pool[g_entropy_pool_start];
      //  g_entropy_pool_start = (g_entropy_pool_start + 1) % ENTROPY_POOL_SIZE;
      // --g_entropy_pool_count;
//  __enable_interrupt();   // NEED TO MAKE ABOVE BLOCK ATOMIC
  return(retVal);
}

void TRNG_Handler(void)
{
  uint32_t tmp;
  
//  g_entropy_pool[0] = TRNG->TRNG_ODATA;
  g_entropy_pool[g_entropy_pool_end] = TRNG->TRNG_ODATA;
  // g_entropy_pool_end = (g_entropy_pool_end + 1) % ENTROPY_POOL_SIZE;

// As it stands if the following two lines are uncommented the program ceases to produce output.
  // if (g_entropy_pool_end == g_entropy_pool_start) // The entropy pool is full
  //  g_entropy_pool_start = (g_entropy_pool_start + 1) % ENTROPY_POOL_SIZE;  
  tmp = TRNG->TRNG_ISR;  // Need to read the status register to clear it
}

void setup_trng(void)
{
  // Circular buffer pointers for entropy
  g_entropy_pool_start = 0;
  g_entropy_pool_end = 0;

  pmc_enable_periph_clk(ID_TRNG);                        // Turn on the trng peripheral clock
  TRNG->TRNG_IER = 0xFFFFFFFF;                           // Set the interrupt enable register
  TRNG->TRNG_CR = TRNG_CR_KEY(0x524e47) | TRNG_CR_ENABLE;// Turn on the generator
  NVIC_ClearPendingIRQ(TRNG_IRQn);
  NVIC_EnableIRQ(TRNG_IRQn);                             // Activate the TRNG Interrupts
}

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  setup_trng();
}

void loop() 
{
  Serial.println(test_random(),DEC);
}
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Well after an afternoon of searching I found an ARM assembly language commands to turn global interrupts on or off. The following little code snippet will add two inline functions to perform the procedure.

__inline__ static void disable_interrupts( void )
{
  __asm__ __volatile__ ("cli" ::); 
}

__inline__ static void enable_interrupts( void )
{
  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sei" ::); 
}