2005-05-11 Kenneth Zadeck <zadeck@naturalbridge.com>
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2 -- --
3 -- GNU ADA RUN-TIME LIBRARY (GNARL) COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- S Y S T E M . T A S K _ P R I M I T I V E S --
6 -- --
7 -- S p e c --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 1991-1994, Florida State University --
10 -- Copyright (C) 1995-2003, Ada Core Technologies --
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22 -- --
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28 -- covered by the GNU Public License. --
29 -- --
30 -- GNARL was developed by the GNARL team at Florida State University. --
31 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies, Inc. --
32 -- --
33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35 -- This is a POSIX-like version of this package.
36 -- Note: this file can only be used for POSIX compliant systems.
38 pragma Polling (Off);
39 -- Turn off polling, we do not want ATC polling to take place during
40 -- tasking operations. It causes infinite loops and other problems.
42 with System.OS_Interface;
43 -- used for pthread_mutex_t
44 -- pthread_cond_t
45 -- pthread_t
47 package System.Task_Primitives is
49 type Lock is limited private;
50 -- Should be used for implementation of protected objects.
52 type RTS_Lock is limited private;
53 -- Should be used inside the runtime system.
54 -- The difference between Lock and the RTS_Lock is that the later
55 -- one serves only as a semaphore so that do not check for
56 -- ceiling violations.
58 type Task_Body_Access is access procedure;
59 -- Pointer to the task body's entry point (or possibly a wrapper
60 -- declared local to the GNARL).
62 type Private_Data is limited private;
63 -- Any information that the GNULLI needs maintained on a per-task
64 -- basis. A component of this type is guaranteed to be included
65 -- in the Ada_Task_Control_Block.
67 private
69 type Lock is new System.OS_Interface.pthread_mutex_t;
70 type RTS_Lock is new System.OS_Interface.pthread_mutex_t;
72 type Private_Data is record
73 Thread : aliased System.OS_Interface.pthread_t;
74 pragma Atomic (Thread);
75 -- Thread field may be updated by two different threads of control.
76 -- (See, Enter_Task and Create_Task in s-taprop.adb).
77 -- They put the same value (thr_self value). We do not want to
78 -- use lock on those operations and the only thing we have to
79 -- make sure is that they are updated in atomic fashion.
81 LWP : aliased System.Address;
82 -- The purpose of this field is to provide a better tasking support on
83 -- gdb. The order of the two first fields (Thread and LWP) is important.
84 -- On targets where lwp is not relevant, this is equivalent to Thread.
86 CV : aliased System.OS_Interface.pthread_cond_t;
88 L : aliased RTS_Lock;
89 -- Protection for all components is lock L
90 end record;
92 end System.Task_Primitives;