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3 -- GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS --
5 -- A D A . R E A L _ T I M E . T I M I N G _ E V E N T S --
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32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34 with System
.Task_Primitives
.Operations
;
35 with System
.Tasking
.Utilities
;
36 with System
.Soft_Links
;
38 with Ada
.Containers
.Doubly_Linked_Lists
;
39 pragma Elaborate_All
(Ada
.Containers
.Doubly_Linked_Lists
);
41 ---------------------------------
42 -- Ada.Real_Time.Timing_Events --
43 ---------------------------------
45 package body Ada
.Real_Time
.Timing_Events
is
47 use System
.Task_Primitives
.Operations
;
49 package SSL
renames System
.Soft_Links
;
51 type Any_Timing_Event
is access all Timing_Event
'Class;
52 -- We must also handle user-defined types derived from Timing_Event
58 package Events
is new Ada
.Containers
.Doubly_Linked_Lists
(Any_Timing_Event
);
59 -- Provides the type for the container holding pointers to events
61 All_Events
: Events
.List
;
62 -- The queue of pending events, ordered by increasing timeout value, that
63 -- have been "set" by the user via Set_Handler.
65 Event_Queue_Lock
: aliased System
.Task_Primitives
.RTS_Lock
;
66 -- Used for mutually exclusive access to All_Events
68 procedure Process_Queued_Events
;
69 -- Examine the queue of pending events for any that have timed out. For
70 -- those that have timed out, remove them from the queue and invoke their
71 -- handler (unless the user has cancelled the event by setting the handler
72 -- pointer to null). Mutually exclusive access is held via Event_Queue_Lock
73 -- during part of the processing.
75 procedure Insert_Into_Queue
(This
: Any_Timing_Event
);
76 -- Insert the specified event pointer into the queue of pending events
77 -- with mutually exclusive access via Event_Queue_Lock.
79 procedure Remove_From_Queue
(This
: Any_Timing_Event
);
80 -- Remove the specified event pointer from the queue of pending events
81 -- with mutually exclusive access via Event_Queue_Lock.
82 -- This procedure is used by the client-side routines (Set_Handler, etc.).
89 pragma Priority
(System
.Priority
'Last);
94 Period
: constant Time_Span
:= Milliseconds
(100);
95 -- This is a "chiming" clock timer that fires periodically. The period
96 -- selected is arbitrary and could be changed to suit the application
97 -- requirements. Obviously a shorter period would give better resolution
98 -- at the cost of more overhead.
100 System
.Tasking
.Utilities
.Make_Independent
;
102 -- We await the call to Start to ensure that Event_Queue_Lock has been
103 -- initialized by the package executable part prior to accessing it in
104 -- the loop. The task is activated before the first statement of the
105 -- executable part so it would otherwise be possible for the task to
106 -- call EnterCriticalSection in Process_Queued_Events before the
109 -- We don't simply put the initialization here, prior to the loop,
110 -- because other application tasks could call the visible routines that
111 -- also call Enter/LeaveCriticalSection prior to this task doing the
117 Process_Queued_Events
;
118 delay until Clock
+ Period
;
122 ---------------------------
123 -- Process_Queued_Events --
124 ---------------------------
126 procedure Process_Queued_Events
is
127 Next_Event
: Any_Timing_Event
;
133 Write_Lock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
135 if All_Events
.Is_Empty
then
136 Unlock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
137 SSL
.Abort_Undefer
.all;
140 Next_Event
:= All_Events
.First_Element
;
143 if Next_Event
.Timeout
> Clock
then
145 -- We found one that has not yet timed out. The queue is in
146 -- ascending order by Timeout so there is no need to continue
147 -- processing (and indeed we must not continue since we always
148 -- delete the first element).
150 Unlock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
151 SSL
.Abort_Undefer
.all;
155 -- We have an event that has timed out so we will process it. It
156 -- must be the first in the queue so no search is needed.
158 All_Events
.Delete_First
;
160 -- A fundamental issue is that the invocation of the event's handler
161 -- might call Set_Handler on itself to re-insert itself back into the
162 -- queue of future events. Thus we cannot hold the lock on the queue
163 -- while invoking the event's handler.
165 Unlock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
167 SSL
.Abort_Undefer
.all;
169 -- There is no race condition with the user changing the handler
170 -- pointer while we are processing because we are executing at the
171 -- highest possible application task priority and are not doing
172 -- anything to block prior to invoking their handler.
175 Handler
: constant Timing_Event_Handler
:= Next_Event
.Handler
;
177 -- The first act is to clear the event, per D.15 (13/2). Besides,
178 -- we cannot clear the handler pointer *after* invoking the
179 -- handler because the handler may have re-inserted the event via
180 -- Set_Event. Thus we take a copy and then clear the component.
182 Next_Event
.Handler
:= null;
184 if Handler
/= null then
185 Handler
.all (Timing_Event
(Next_Event
.all));
188 -- Ignore exceptions propagated by Handler.all, as required by
196 end Process_Queued_Events
;
198 -----------------------
199 -- Insert_Into_Queue --
200 -----------------------
202 procedure Insert_Into_Queue
(This
: Any_Timing_Event
) is
204 function Sooner
(Left
, Right
: Any_Timing_Event
) return Boolean;
205 -- Compares events in terms of timeout values
207 package By_Timeout
is new Events
.Generic_Sorting
(Sooner
);
208 -- Used to keep the events in ascending order by timeout value
210 function Sooner
(Left
, Right
: Any_Timing_Event
) return Boolean is
212 return Left
.Timeout
< Right
.Timeout
;
218 Write_Lock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
220 All_Events
.Append
(This
);
222 -- A critical property of the implementation of this package is that
223 -- all occurrences are in ascending order by Timeout. Thus the first
224 -- event in the queue always has the "next" value for the Timer task
225 -- to use in its delay statement.
227 By_Timeout
.Sort
(All_Events
);
229 Unlock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
231 SSL
.Abort_Undefer
.all;
232 end Insert_Into_Queue
;
234 -----------------------
235 -- Remove_From_Queue --
236 -----------------------
238 procedure Remove_From_Queue
(This
: Any_Timing_Event
) is
244 Write_Lock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
246 Location
:= All_Events
.Find
(This
);
247 if Location
/= No_Element
then
248 All_Events
.Delete
(Location
);
251 Unlock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access);
253 SSL
.Abort_Undefer
.all;
254 end Remove_From_Queue
;
260 procedure Set_Handler
261 (Event
: in out Timing_Event
;
263 Handler
: Timing_Event_Handler
)
266 Remove_From_Queue
(Event
'Unchecked_Access);
267 Event
.Handler
:= null;
269 -- RM-D.15(15/2) requires that at this point, we check whether the time
270 -- has already passed, and if so, call Handler.all directly from here
271 -- instead of doing the enqueuing below. However, this causes a nasty
272 -- race condition and potential deadlock. If the current task has
273 -- already locked the protected object of Handler.all, and the time has
274 -- passed, deadlock would occur. Therefore, we ignore the requirement.
275 -- The same comment applies to the other Set_Handler below.
277 if Handler
/= null then
278 Event
.Timeout
:= At_Time
;
279 Event
.Handler
:= Handler
;
280 Insert_Into_Queue
(Event
'Unchecked_Access);
288 procedure Set_Handler
289 (Event
: in out Timing_Event
;
291 Handler
: Timing_Event_Handler
)
294 Remove_From_Queue
(Event
'Unchecked_Access);
295 Event
.Handler
:= null;
297 -- See comment in the other Set_Handler above.
299 if Handler
/= null then
300 Event
.Timeout
:= Clock
+ In_Time
;
301 Event
.Handler
:= Handler
;
302 Insert_Into_Queue
(Event
'Unchecked_Access);
306 ---------------------
307 -- Current_Handler --
308 ---------------------
310 function Current_Handler
311 (Event
: Timing_Event
) return Timing_Event_Handler
314 return Event
.Handler
;
321 procedure Cancel_Handler
322 (Event
: in out Timing_Event
;
323 Cancelled
: out Boolean)
326 Remove_From_Queue
(Event
'Unchecked_Access);
327 Cancelled
:= Event
.Handler
/= null;
328 Event
.Handler
:= null;
335 function Time_Of_Event
(Event
: Timing_Event
) return Time
is
337 return Event
.Timeout
;
344 procedure Finalize
(This
: in out Timing_Event
) is
346 -- D.15 (19/2) says finalization clears the event
348 This
.Handler
:= null;
349 Remove_From_Queue
(This
'Unchecked_Access);
353 Initialize_Lock
(Event_Queue_Lock
'Access, Level
=> PO_Level
);
355 end Ada
.Real_Time
.Timing_Events
;