Added cCondWait::Sleep() and using it to replace all usleep() calls

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
  for modifying handling of audio packets in cDvbPlayer for better sync with external
  AC3 replay
  for changing thread handling to make it work with NPTL ("Native Posix Thread Library")
+ for suggesting to replace usleep() calls with a pthread_cond_timedwait() based wait
 
 Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>
  for providing 'libdtv' and adapting the EIT mechanisms to it

HISTORY

@@ -3069,3 +3069,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   cThread::Start() (suggested by Ludwig Nussel). Also removed 'running' from
   cThread and using only childTid to indicate whether a thread is actually
   running.
+- Added cCondWait::Sleep() and using it to replace all usleep() calls (based
+  on a suggestion by Werner Fink).

diseqc.c

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: diseqc.c 1.2 2002/12/07 13:44:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: diseqc.c 1.3 2004/10/24 11:04:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "diseqc.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "sources.h"
+#include "thread.h"
 
 // -- cDiseqc ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ char *cDiseqc::Wait(char *s)
   int n = strtol(s, &p, 10);
   if (!errno && p != s && n >= 0) {
      if (!parsing)
-        usleep(n * 1000);
+        cCondWait::SleepMs(n);
      return p;
      }
   esyslog("ERROR: illegal value for wait time in '%s'", s - 1);

dvbdevice.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.99 2004/10/24 08:50:15 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.100 2004/10/24 11:06:37 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbdevice.h"
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ void cDvbDevice::StillPicture(const uchar *Data, int Length)
 #define MIN_IFRAME 400000
   for (int i = MIN_IFRAME / Length + 1; i > 0; i--) {
       safe_write(fd_video, Data, Length);
-      usleep(1); // allows the buffer to be displayed in case the progress display is active
+      cCondWait::SleepMs(1); // allows the buffer to be displayed in case the progress display is active
       }
 #endif
 }

sections.c

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: sections.c 1.9 2004/10/16 13:45:02 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: sections.c 1.10 2004/10/24 11:05:12 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "sections.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "channels.h"
 #include "device.h"
+#include "thread.h"
 
 // --- cFilterHandle----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ void cSectionHandler::Action(void)
         if (poll(pfd, NumFilters, 1000) > 0) {
            bool DeviceHasLock = device->HasLock();
            if (!DeviceHasLock)
-              usleep(100000);
+              cCondWait::SleepMs(100);
            for (int i = 0; i < NumFilters; i++) {
                if (pfd[i].revents & POLLIN) {
                   cFilterHandle *fh = NULL;

thread.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 1.34 2004/10/24 10:27:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 1.35 2004/10/24 11:05:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ cCondWait::~cCondWait()
   pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutex);
 }
 
+void cCondWait::SleepMs(int TimeoutMs)
+{
+  cCondWait w;
+  w.Wait(TimeoutMs);
+}
+
 bool cCondWait::Wait(int TimeoutMs)
 {
   pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ void cThread::Cancel(int WaitSeconds)
         for (time_t t0 = time(NULL) + WaitSeconds; time(NULL) < t0; ) {
             if (!Active())
                return;
-            usleep(10000);
+            cCondWait::SleepMs(10);
             }
         esyslog("ERROR: thread %ld won't end (waited %d seconds) - cancelling it...", childTid, WaitSeconds);
         }
@@ -433,7 +439,7 @@ int cPipe::Close(void)
            else if (ret == pid)
               break;
            i--;
-           usleep(100000);
+           cCondWait::SleepMs(100);
            }
      if (!i) {
         kill(pid, SIGKILL);

thread.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.h 1.23 2004/10/24 10:28:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.h 1.24 2004/10/24 11:00:32 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __THREAD_H
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ private:
 public:
   cCondWait(void);
   ~cCondWait();
+  static void SleepMs(int TimeoutMs);
+       ///< Creates a cCondWait object and uses it to sleep for TimeoutMs
+       ///< milliseconds, immediately giving up the calling thread's time
+       ///< slice and thus avoiding a "busy wait".
   bool Wait(int TimeoutMs = 0);
        ///< Waits at most TimeoutMs milliseconds for a call to Signal(), or
        ///< forever if TimeoutMs is 0.