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   3 --                GNU ADA RUN-TIME LIBRARY (GNARL) COMPONENTS               --
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   5 --                 S Y S T E M . T A S K I N G . S T A G E S                --
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  36
  37 --  This package represents the high level tasking interface used by the
  38 --  compiler to expand Ada 95 tasking constructs into simpler run time calls
  39 --  (aka GNARLI, GNU Ada Run-time Library Interface)
  40
  41 --  Note: Only the compiler is allowed to use this interface, by generating
  42 --  direct calls to it, via Rtsfind.
  43 --  Any changes to this interface may require corresponding compiler changes
  44 --  in exp_ch9.adb and possibly exp_ch7.adb
  45
  46 with System.Task_Info;
  47 --  used for Task_Info_Type
  48
  49 with System.Parameters;
  50 --  used for Size_Type
  51
  52 package System.Tasking.Stages is
  53    pragma Elaborate_Body;
  54
  55    --   The compiler will expand in the GNAT tree the following construct:
  56    --
  57    --   task type T (Discr : Integer);
  58    --
  59    --   task body T is
  60    --      ...declarations, possibly some controlled...
  61    --   begin
  62    --      ...B...;
  63    --   end T;
  64    --
  65    --   T1 : T (1);
  66    --
  67    --  as follows:
  68    --
  69    --   enter_master.all;
  70    --
  71    --   _chain : aliased activation_chain;
  72    --   _init_proc (_chain);
  73    --
  74    --   task type t (discr : integer);
  75    --   tE : aliased boolean := false;
  76    --   tZ : size_type := unspecified_size;
  77    --   type tV (discr : integer) is limited record
  78    --      _task_id : task_id;
  79    --   end record;
  80    --   procedure tB (_task : access tV);
  81    --   freeze tV [
  82    --      procedure _init_proc (_init : in out tV; _master : master_id;
  83    --        _chain : in out activation_chain; _task_id : in task_image_type;
  84    --        discr : integer) is
  85    --      begin
  86    --         _init.discr := discr;
  87    --         _init._task_id := null;
  88    --         create_task (unspecified_priority, tZ,
  89    --           unspecified_task_info, 0, _master,
  90    --           task_procedure_access!(tB'address),
  91    --           _init'address, tE'unchecked_access, _chain, _task_id, _init.
  92    --           _task_id);
  93    --         return;
  94    --      end _init_proc;
  95    --   ]
  96    --
  97    --   procedure tB (_task : access tV) is
  98    --      discr : integer renames _task.discr;
  99    --
 100    --      procedure _clean is
 101    --      begin
 102    --         abort_defer.all;
 103    --         complete_task;
 104    --         finalize_list (F14b);
 105    --         abort_undefer.all;
 106    --         return;
 107    --      end _clean;
 108    --   begin
 109    --      abort_undefer.all;
 110    --      ...declarations...
 111    --      complete_activation;
 112    --      ...B...;
 113    --      return;
 114    --   at end
 115    --      _clean;
 116    --   end tB;
 117    --
 118    --   tE := true;
 119    --   t1 : t (1);
 120    --   master : constant master_id := current_master.all;
 121    --   t1I : task_image_type := new string'"t1";
 122    --   _init_proc (t1, _master, _chain, t1I, 1);
 123    --
 124    --   activate_tasks (_chain'unchecked_access);
 125
 126    procedure Abort_Tasks (Tasks : Task_List);
 127    --  Compiler interface only. Do not call from within the RTS.
 128    --  Initiate abortion, however, the actual abortion is done by abortee by
 129    --  means of Abort_Handler and Abort_Undefer
 130    --
 131    --  source code:
 132    --     Abort T1, T2;
 133    --  code expansion:
 134    --     abort_tasks (task_list'(t1._task_id, t2._task_id));
 135
 136    procedure Activate_Tasks (Chain_Access : Activation_Chain_Access);
 137    --  Compiler interface only. Do not call from within the RTS.
 138    --  This must be called by the creator of a chain of one or more new tasks,
 139    --  to activate them. The chain is a linked list that up to this point is
 140    --  only known to the task that created them, though the individual tasks
 141    --  are already in the All_Tasks_List.
 142    --
 143    --  The compiler builds the chain in LIFO order (as a stack). Another
 144    --  version of this procedure had code to reverse the chain, so as to
 145    --  activate the tasks in the order of declaration. This might be nice, but
 146    --  it is not needed if priority-based scheduling is supported, since all
 147    --  the activated tasks synchronize on the activators lock before they
 148    --  start activating and so they should start activating in priority order.
 149
 150    procedure Complete_Activation;
 151    --  Compiler interface only. Do not call from within the RTS.
 152    --  This should be called from the task body at the end of
 153    --  the elaboration code for its declarative part.
 154    --  Decrement the count of tasks to be activated by the activator and
 155    --  wake it up so it can check to see if all tasks have been activated.
 156    --  Except for the environment task, which should never call this procedure,
 157    --  T.Activator should only be null iff T has completed activation.
 158
 159    procedure Complete_Master;
 160    --  Compiler interface only.  Do not call from within the RTS. This must
 161    --  be called on exit from any master where Enter_Master was called.
 162    --  Assume abort is deferred at this point.
 163
 164    procedure Complete_Task;
 165    --  Compiler interface only. Do not call from within the RTS.
 166    --  This should be called from an implicit at-end handler
 167    --  associated with the task body, when it completes.
 168    --  From this point, the current task will become not callable.
 169    --  If the current task have not completed activation, this should be done
 170    --  now in order to wake up the activator (the environment task).
 171
 172    procedure Create_Task
 173      (Priority      : Integer;
 174       Size          : System.Parameters.Size_Type;
 175       Task_Info     : System.Task_Info.Task_Info_Type;
 176       Num_Entries   : Task_Entry_Index;
 177       Master        : Master_Level;
 178       State         : Task_Procedure_Access;
 179       Discriminants : System.Address;
 180       Elaborated    : Access_Boolean;
 181       Chain         : in out Activation_Chain;
 182       Task_Image    : System.Task_Info.Task_Image_Type;
 183       Created_Task  : out Task_ID);
 184    --  Compiler interface only. Do not call from within the RTS.
 185    --  This must be called to create a new task.
 186    --
 187    --  Priority is the task's priority (assumed to be in the
 188    --   System.Any_Priority'Range)
 189    --  Size is the stack size of the task to create
 190    --  Task_Info is the task info associated with the created task, or
 191    --   Unspecified_Task_Info if none.
 192    --  State is the compiler generated task's procedure body
 193    --  Discriminants is a pointer to a limited record whose discriminants
 194    --   are those of the task to create. This parameter should be passed as
 195    --   the single argument to State.
 196    --  Elaborated is a pointer to a Boolean that must be set to true on exit
 197    --   if the task could be successfully elaborated.
 198    --  Chain is a linked list of task that needs to be created. On exit,
 199    --   Created_Task.Activation_Link will be Chain.T_ID, and Chain.T_ID
 200    --   will be Created_Task (e.g the created task will be linked at the front
 201    --   of Chain).
 202    --  Task_Image is a pointer to a string created by the compiler that the
 203    --   run time can store to ease the debugging and the
 204    --   Ada.Task_Identification facility.
 205    --  Created_Task is the resulting task.
 206    --
 207    --  This procedure can raise Storage_Error if the task creation failed.
 208
 209    function Current_Master return Master_Level;
 210    --  Compiler interface only.
 211    --  This is called to obtain the current master nesting level.
 212
 213    procedure Enter_Master;
 214    --  Compiler interface only.  Do not call from within the RTS.
 215    --  This must be called on entry to any "master" where a task,
 216    --  or access type designating objects containing tasks, may be
 217    --  declared.
 218
 219    procedure Expunge_Unactivated_Tasks (Chain : in out Activation_Chain);
 220    --  Compiler interface only.  Do not call from within the RTS.
 221    --  This must be called by the compiler-generated code for an allocator if
 222    --  the allocated object contains tasks, if the allocator exits without
 223    --  calling Activate_Tasks for a given activation chains, as can happen if
 224    --  an exception occurs during initialization of the object.
 225    --
 226    --  This should be called ONLY for tasks created via an allocator. Recovery
 227    --  of storage for unactivated local task declarations is done by
 228    --  Complete_Master and Complete_Task.
 229    --
 230    --  We remove each task from Chain and All_Tasks_List before we free the
 231    --  storage of its ATCB.
 232    --
 233    --  In other places where we recover the storage of unactivated tasks, we
 234    --  need to clean out the entry queues, but here that should not be
 235    --  necessary, since these tasks should not have been visible to any other
 236    --  tasks, and so no task should be able to queue a call on their entries.
 237    --
 238    --  Just in case somebody misuses this subprogram, there is a check to
 239    --  verify this condition.
 240
 241    procedure Finalize_Global_Tasks;
 242    --  This should be called to complete the execution of the environment task
 243    --  and shut down the tasking runtime system. It is the equivalent of
 244    --  Complete_Task, but for the environment task.
 245    --
 246    --  The environment task must first call Complete_Master, to wait for user
 247    --  tasks that depend on library-level packages to terminate. It then calls
 248    --  Abort_Dependents to abort the "independent" library-level server tasks
 249    --  that are created implicitly by the RTS packages (signal and timer server
 250    --  tasks), and then waits for them to terminate. Then, it calls
 251    --  Vulnerable_Complete_Task.
 252    --
 253    --  It currently also executes the global finalization list, and then resets
 254    --  the "soft links".
 255
 256    procedure Free_Task (T : Task_ID);
 257    --  Recover all runtime system storage associated with the task T, but only
 258    --  if T has terminated. Do nothing in the other case. It is called from
 259    --  Unchecked_Deallocation, for objects that are or contain tasks.
 260
 261    function Terminated (T : Task_ID) return Boolean;
 262    --  This is called by the compiler to implement the 'Terminated attribute.
 263    --  Though is not required to be so by the ARM, we choose to synchronize
 264    --  with the task's ATCB, so that this is more useful for polling the state
 265    --  of a task, and so that it becomes an abort completion point for the
 266    --  calling task (via Undefer_Abort).
 267    --
 268    --  source code:
 269    --     T1'Terminated
 270    --
 271    --  code expansion:
 272    --     terminated (t1._task_id)
 273
 274 end System.Tasking.Stages;