!standard D.4 (10) 98-09-29 AI95-00205/00 !standard D.4 (11) !class binding interpretation 98-09-29 !status work item 98-09-29 !status received 98-09-29 !priority Medium !difficulty Easy !subject Priority changes in abortable part !summary 98-09-29 For the priority queuing policy, if the base priority is changed in an abortable part while a triggering entry call is queued, the priority of the entry call is not affected. (That is, the rule of D.4(10) applies.) !question 98-09-29 If Set_Priority is called in the abortable part, is the priority of the triggering entry call updated? (No). D.4(10) does not apply (because the base priority of the task is set), so it appears that it must be (because either D.4(10) or D.4(11) must apply). But there is a validation test which requires otherwise. !response 98-09-29 The language designers did not want D.4(11) to apply in this case. This is supported by the use of the phrase "if the task is blocked on an entry call" in D.4(11) -- the task making a triggering entry call is not blocked. It is further supported by the lengthy discussion in the AARM on this very topic (AARM D.4(11a-f)). However, the language designers failed to note that the wording of D.4(10) prevents it from applying in this case as well. The intent was that D.4(10) would apply to all entry calls unless D.4(11) applied. !wording 98-09-29 D.4(10) should be changed to read: After a call is first queued, changes to the active priority of a task do not affect the priority of the call, unless the base priority of the task is set while the task is blocked on an entry call. !appendix 98-09-29 !section D.4(10) !section D.4(11) !subject Priority changes in abortable part !reference AARM-D.4 !from Randy Brukardt 98-09-29 !discussion FRN980922 concerned ACVC test CXD4004, which uses priority queuing. The test queues some tasks of various priorities; one of them starts an ATC whose abortable part changes the base priority of the task. The test then checks that the order of the queued tasks is not changed by the change of base priority. The problem is that neither D.4(10) nor D.4(11) applies as they are written. So what happens? This generated plenty of discussion on the FRT list. The AARM discussion of the subject proved decisive - D.4(10) applies. *************************************************************