X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/72a65816fe8cd9943700afe186b186be9a07ab82..fe6302bb22ba202d3e193ee8ec436c14adb7ecd6:/src/simdag/sd_task.c?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/src/simdag/sd_task.c b/src/simdag/sd_task.c
index 9ab54e6cde..4673948af0 100644
--- a/src/simdag/sd_task.c
+++ b/src/simdag/sd_task.c
@@ -292,9 +292,10 @@ void SD_task_set_data(SD_task_t task, void *data)
  * \brief Sets the rate of a task
  *
  * This will change the network bandwidth a task can use. This rate
- * depends on both the nominal bandwidth on the route onto which the task is
- * scheduled (\see SD_task_get_current_bandwidth) and the amount of data to
- * transfer.
+ * cannot be dynamically changed. Once the task has started, this call
+ * is ineffective. This rate depends on both the nominal bandwidth on
+ * the route onto which the task is scheduled (\see
+ * SD_task_get_current_bandwidth) and the amount of data to transfer.
  *
  * To divide the nominal bandwidth by 2, the rate then has to be :
  *    rate = bandwidth/(2*amount)
@@ -306,8 +307,11 @@ void SD_task_set_rate(SD_task_t task, double rate)
 {
   xbt_assert(task->kind == SD_TASK_COMM_E2E,
              "The rate can be modified for end-to-end communications only.");
-
-  task->rate = rate;
+  if(task->start_time<0) {
+    task->rate = rate;
+  } else {
+    XBT_WARN("Task %p has started. Changing rate is ineffective.", task);
+  }
 }
 
 /**