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sim: prioritize async events; prevent starvation

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If a time quantum event is the only one in the queue, async
events (Ctrl-C, I/O, etc.) will never be processed.

So process them first.
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Curtis Dunham 2014-12-19 15:32:34 -06:00
parent 20111ba917
commit b89fd57663
1 changed files with 10 additions and 11 deletions
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src/sim/simulate.cc
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@ -192,37 +192,36 @@ doSimLoop(EventQueue *eventq)
assert(curTick() <= eventq->nextTick() && assert(curTick() <= eventq->nextTick() &&
"event scheduled in the past"); "event scheduled in the past");
Event *exit_event = eventq->serviceOne();
if (exit_event != NULL) {
return exit_event;
}
if (async_event && testAndClearAsyncEvent()) { if (async_event && testAndClearAsyncEvent()) {
// Take the event queue lock in case any of the service // Take the event queue lock in case any of the service
// routines want to schedule new events. // routines want to schedule new events.
std::lock_guard<EventQueue> lock(*eventq); std::lock_guard<EventQueue> lock(*eventq);
async_event = false;
if (async_statdump || async_statreset) { if (async_statdump || async_statreset) {
Stats::schedStatEvent(async_statdump, async_statreset); Stats::schedStatEvent(async_statdump, async_statreset);
async_statdump = false; async_statdump = false;
async_statreset = false; async_statreset = false;
} }
if (async_exit) {
async_exit = false;
exitSimLoop("user interrupt received");
}
if (async_io) { if (async_io) {
async_io = false; async_io = false;
pollQueue.service(); pollQueue.service();
} }
if (async_exit) {
async_exit = false;
exitSimLoop("user interrupt received");
}
if (async_exception) { if (async_exception) {
async_exception = false; async_exception = false;
return NULL; return NULL;
} }
} }
Event *exit_event = eventq->serviceOne();
if (exit_event != NULL) {
return exit_event;
}
} }
// not reached... only exit is return on SimLoopExitEvent // not reached... only exit is return on SimLoopExitEvent