remove `sysspawn` which is dead code (#19218)

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 187 deletions

diff --git a/lib/system/sysspawn.nim b/lib/system/sysspawn.nim
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--- a/lib/system/sysspawn.nim
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-#
-#
-#            Nim's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## Implements Nim's 'spawn'.
-
-when not declared(NimString):
-  {.error: "You must not import this module explicitly".}
-
-{.push stackTrace:off.}
-
-# We declare our own condition variables here to get rid of the dummy lock
-# on Windows:
-
-type
-  CondVar = object
-    c: SysCond
-    stupidLock: SysLock
-    counter: int
-
-proc createCondVar(): CondVar =
-  initSysCond(result.c)
-  initSysLock(result.stupidLock)
-  #acquireSys(result.stupidLock)
-
-proc destroyCondVar(c: var CondVar) {.inline.} =
-  deinitSysCond(c.c)
-
-proc await(cv: var CondVar) =
-  acquireSys(cv.stupidLock)
-  while cv.counter <= 0:
-    waitSysCond(cv.c, cv.stupidLock)
-  dec cv.counter
-  releaseSys(cv.stupidLock)
-
-proc signal(cv: var CondVar) =
-  acquireSys(cv.stupidLock)
-  inc cv.counter
-  releaseSys(cv.stupidLock)
-  signalSysCond(cv.c)
-
-type
-  FastCondVar = object
-    event, slowPath: bool
-    slow: CondVar
-
-proc createFastCondVar(): FastCondVar =
-  initSysCond(result.slow.c)
-  initSysLock(result.slow.stupidLock)
-    #acquireSys(result.slow.stupidLock)
-  result.event = false
-  result.slowPath = false
-
-proc await(cv: var FastCondVar) =
-  #for i in 0 .. 50:
-  #  if cas(addr cv.event, true, false):
-  #    # this is a HIT: Triggers > 95% in my tests.
-  #    return
-  #  cpuRelax()
-  #cv.slowPath = true
-  # XXX For some reason this crashes some test programs
-  await(cv.slow)
-  cv.event = false
-
-proc signal(cv: var FastCondVar) =
-  cv.event = true
-  #if cas(addr cv.slowPath, true, false):
-  signal(cv.slow)
-
-type
-  Barrier* {.compilerproc.} = object
-    counter: int
-    cv: CondVar
-
-proc barrierEnter*(b: ptr Barrier) {.compilerproc.} =
-  atomicInc b.counter
-
-proc barrierLeave*(b: ptr Barrier) {.compilerproc.} =
-  atomicDec b.counter
-  if b.counter <= 0: signal(b.cv)
-
-proc openBarrier*(b: ptr Barrier) {.compilerproc.} =
-  b.counter = 0
-  b.cv = createCondVar()
-
-proc closeBarrier*(b: ptr Barrier) {.compilerproc.} =
-  await(b.cv)
-  destroyCondVar(b.cv)
-
-{.pop.}
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-type
-  WorkerProc = proc (thread, args: pointer) {.nimcall, gcsafe.}
-  Worker = object
-    taskArrived: CondVar
-    taskStarted: FastCondVar #\
-    # task data:
-    f: WorkerProc
-    data: pointer
-    ready: bool # put it here for correct alignment!
-
-proc nimArgsPassingDone(p: pointer) {.compilerproc.} =
-  let w = cast[ptr Worker](p)
-  signal(w.taskStarted)
-
-var gSomeReady = createFastCondVar()
-
-proc slave(w: ptr Worker) {.thread.} =
-  while true:
-    w.ready = true # If we instead signal "workerReady" we need the scheduler
-                   # to notice this. The scheduler could then optimize the
-                   # layout of the worker threads (e.g. keep the list sorted)
-                   # so that no search for a "ready" thread is necessary.
-                   # This might be implemented later, but is more tricky than
-                   # it looks because 'spawn' itself can run concurrently.
-    signal(gSomeReady)
-    await(w.taskArrived)
-    assert(not w.ready)
-    # shield against spurious wakeups:
-    if w.data != nil:
-      w.f(w, w.data)
-      w.data = nil
-
-const NumThreads = 4
-
-var
-  workers: array[NumThreads, Thread[ptr Worker]]
-  workersData: array[NumThreads, Worker]
-
-proc setup() =
-  for i in 0 ..< NumThreads:
-    workersData[i].taskArrived = createCondVar()
-    workersData[i].taskStarted = createFastCondVar()
-    createThread(workers[i], slave, addr(workersData[i]))
-
-proc preferSpawn*(): bool =
-  ## Use this proc to determine quickly if a 'spawn' or a direct call is
-  ## preferable. If it returns 'true' a 'spawn' may make sense. In general
-  ## it is not necessary to call this directly; use 'spawnX' instead.
-  result = gSomeReady.event
-
-proc spawn*(call: typed) {.magic: "Spawn".}
-  ## always spawns a new task, so that the 'call' is never executed on
-  ## the calling thread. 'call' has to be proc call 'p(...)' where 'p'
-  ## is gcsafe and has 'void' as the return type.
-
-template spawnX*(call: typed) =
-  ## spawns a new task if a CPU core is ready, otherwise executes the
-  ## call in the calling thread. Usually it is advised to
-  ## use 'spawn' in order to not block the producer for an unknown
-  ## amount of time. 'call' has to be proc call 'p(...)' where 'p'
-  ## is gcsafe and has 'void' as the return type.
-  if preferSpawn(): spawn call
-  else: call
-
-proc nimSpawn(fn: WorkerProc; data: pointer) {.compilerproc.} =
-  # implementation of 'spawn' that is used by the code generator.
-  while true:
-    for i in 0.. high(workers):
-      let w = addr(workersData[i])
-      if cas(addr w.ready, true, false):
-        w.data = data
-        w.f = fn
-        signal(w.taskArrived)
-        await(w.taskStarted)
-        return
-    await(gSomeReady)
-
-proc sync*() =
-  ## a simple barrier to wait for all spawn'ed tasks. If you need more elaborate
-  ## waiting, you have to use an explicit barrier.
-  while true:
-    var allReady = true
-    for i in 0 .. high(workers):
-      if not allReady: break
-      allReady = allReady and workersData[i].ready
-    if allReady: break
-    await(gSomeReady)
-
-setup()