On Windows, the 'Count attribute was very slow in "Annex D" mode. This patch
fixes that efficiency problem. "Annex D" mode is invoked if there is a pragma
Task_Dispatching_Policy (FIFO_Within_Priorities).
Tested on i686-pc-mingw, committed on trunk
2011-12-12 Bob Duff <d...@adacore.com>
* s-taprop-mingw.adb (Yield): Do not delay 1 millisecond in Annex D
mode.
Index: s-taprop-mingw.adb
===================================================================
--- s-taprop-mingw.adb (revision 182223)
+++ s-taprop-mingw.adb (working copy)
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@
Foreign_Task_Elaborated : aliased Boolean := True;
-- Used to identified fake tasks (i.e., non-Ada Threads)
- Annex_D : Boolean := False;
- -- Set to True if running with Annex-D semantics
-
Null_Thread_Id : constant Thread_Id := 0;
-- Constant to indicate that the thread identifier has not yet been
-- initialized.
@@ -700,20 +697,9 @@
-----------
procedure Yield (Do_Yield : Boolean := True) is
+ pragma Unreferenced (Do_Yield);
begin
- if Do_Yield then
- SwitchToThread;
-
- elsif Annex_D then
- -- If running with Annex-D semantics we need a delay
- -- above 0 milliseconds here otherwise processes give
- -- enough time to the other tasks to have a chance to
- -- run.
- --
- -- This makes cxd8002 ACATS pass on Windows.
-
- Sleep (1);
- end if;
+ SwitchToThread;
end Yield;
------------------
@@ -1076,8 +1062,6 @@
Discard := OS_Interface.SetPriorityClass
(GetCurrentProcess, Realtime_Priority_Class);
-
- Annex_D := True;
end if;
TlsIndex := TlsAlloc;
