- Fix deadlock that blocked PythonPolicy::sort_queue

git-svn-id: svn://svn.gna.org/svn/sgpemv2/trunk@796 3ecf2c5c-341e-0410-92b4-d18e462d057c

plugins/pyloader/src/python_policy.cc

@@ -100,15 +100,12 @@ PythonPolicy::configure() throw(UserInterruptException)
 void
 PythonPolicy::sort_queue() const throw(UserInterruptException)
 {
-  PyObject* pMethodName = PyString_FromString("async_sort_queue");
-  PyObject* retval = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(_adapter, pMethodName, NULL, NULL);
+  PyObject* retval = PyObject_CallMethod(_adapter, "async_sort_queue", NULL);
 
   // Do minimal debugging
   if(!retval) PyErr_Print();
   else Py_DECREF(retval);
 
-  Py_DECREF(pMethodName);
-
   wait_unlock();
 }
 

src/backend/scheduler.cc

@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ update_requests_for_old_running_thread(DynamicThread& running_thread)
 
 //private constructor. The parameter is discarded
 Scheduler::Scheduler()
-	: _ready_queue(NULL), _policy(NULL)
-{}
+	: _ready_queue(NULL), _policy(NULL), _step_mutex()
+{
+}
 
 
 ReadyQueue*
 Scheduler::get_ready_queue()
 {
-  // FIXME return the correct queue accordingly to the value returned by Policy::wants()
   return _ready_queue;
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Scheduler::step_forward(History& history, Policy& cpu_policy) throw(UserInterrup
 	// store a readyqueue and policy pointer for the user-policy to retrieve, to when 
 	// the policy returns
 	// TODO: restrict this area to maximise parallelism
-	Glib::Mutex::Lock lock(_mutex);
+  Glib::Mutex::Lock lock(_step_mutex);
 
 	// NOTE: Be sure to read the *ORIGINAL* documentation in the design document for this method!
 

src/backend/scheduler.hh

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ namespace sgpem
 // Do not include full template definition here
 #include "singleton.hh"
 
+#include <glibmm/thread.h>
+
 namespace sgpem
 {
   class Scheduler;
@@ -74,13 +76,7 @@ namespace sgpem
        one instant with it.
     */
     void       step_forward(History& history, Policy& cpu_policy) throw(UserInterruptException);
-    /**
-       Sets the policy that will be used to generate the simulation at the next instant.
-       \param policy the policy that will be used to generate the simulation at the next instant.
-    */
-    /* DISABLED until we don't have PolicyManager::set_policy()
-       void      set_policy(Policy* policy);
-    */
+
     /**
        Returns the policy that will be used to generate the simulation at the next instant.
        \return the policy that will be used to generate the simulation at the next instant.
@@ -89,9 +85,11 @@ namespace sgpem
 
   private:    
     Scheduler();     //private constructor.
-       
+    
     ReadyQueue*       _ready_queue;
     Policy*           _policy;
+
+    Glib::Mutex       _step_mutex;
   };
 
 }//~ namespace sgpem

src/templates/singleton.hh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace sgpem
     static Instantiated_class& get_instance();
     
   protected:
-    static Glib::StaticMutex SG_DLLLOCAL _mutex;
+    static Glib::RecMutex SG_DLLLOCAL _mutex;
 
   private:
     static SG_DLLLOCAL Instantiated_class* _instance;

src/templates/singleton.tcc

@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ Instantiated_class*
 sgpem::Singleton<Instantiated_class>::_instance = NULL;
 
 template<typename Instantiated_class>
-Glib::StaticMutex
-sgpem::Singleton<Instantiated_class>::_mutex = GLIBMM_STATIC_MUTEX_INIT;
+Glib::RecMutex
+sgpem::Singleton<Instantiated_class>::_mutex;
 
 
 template<typename Instantiated_class>
 Instantiated_class&
 sgpem::Singleton<Instantiated_class>::get_instance()
 {
-  Glib::Mutex::Lock lock(_mutex);
+  Glib::RecMutex::Lock lock(_mutex);
   if(_instance == NULL)
     _instance = new Instantiated_class();
   return *_instance;