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[simgrid.git] / src / msg / msg_mailbox.c

diff --git a/src/msg/msg_mailbox.c b/src/msg/msg_mailbox.c
index 1abbf0e..907ecdf 100644 (file)
--- a/src/msg/msg_mailbox.c
+++ b/src/msg/msg_mailbox.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Mailboxes in MSG */
 
-/* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010. The SimGrid Team.
+/* Copyright (c) 2008-2013. The SimGrid Team.
  * All rights reserved.                                                     */
 
 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -141,6 +141,74 @@ MSG_mailbox_get_task_ext(msg_mailbox_t mailbox, msg_task_t * task,
   MSG_RETURN(ret);
 }
 
+/** \ingroup msg_mailbox_management
+ * \brief Get a task from a mailbox on a given host at a given rate
+ *
+ * \param mailbox The mailbox where the task was sent
+ * \param task a memory location for storing a #msg_task_t.
+ * \param host a #msg_host_t host from where the task was sent
+ * \param timeout a timeout
+ * \param rate a rate
+
+ * \return Returns
+ * #MSG_OK if the task was successfully received,
+ * #MSG_HOST_FAILURE, or #MSG_TRANSFER_FAILURE otherwise.
+ */
+msg_error_t
+MSG_mailbox_get_task_ext_bounded(msg_mailbox_t mailbox, msg_task_t * task,
+                         msg_host_t host, double timeout, double rate)
+{
+  xbt_ex_t e;
+  msg_error_t ret = MSG_OK;
+  /* We no longer support getting a task from a specific host */
+  if (host)
+    THROW_UNIMPLEMENTED;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TRACING
+  TRACE_msg_task_get_start();
+  double start_time = MSG_get_clock();
+#endif
+
+  /* Sanity check */
+  xbt_assert(task, "Null pointer for the task storage");
+
+  if (*task)
+    XBT_WARN
+        ("Asked to write the received task in a non empty struct -- proceeding.");
+
+  /* Try to receive it by calling SIMIX network layer */
+  TRY {
+    simcall_comm_recv_bounded(mailbox, task, NULL, NULL, NULL, timeout, rate);
+    XBT_DEBUG("Got task %s from %p",(*task)->name,mailbox);
+    (*task)->simdata->isused=0;
+  }
+  CATCH(e) {
+    switch (e.category) {
+    case cancel_error:
+      ret = MSG_HOST_FAILURE;
+      break;
+    case network_error:
+      ret = MSG_TRANSFER_FAILURE;
+      break;
+    case timeout_error:
+      ret = MSG_TIMEOUT;
+      break;
+    default:
+      RETHROW;
+    }
+    xbt_ex_free(e);
+  }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TRACING
+  if (ret != MSG_HOST_FAILURE &&
+      ret != MSG_TRANSFER_FAILURE &&
+      ret != MSG_TIMEOUT) {
+    TRACE_msg_task_get_end(start_time, *task);
+  }
+#endif
+  MSG_RETURN(ret);
+}
+
 msg_error_t
 MSG_mailbox_put_with_timeout(msg_mailbox_t mailbox, msg_task_t task,
                              double timeout)