path: root/TAO/threadpool-changes

Fri Aug 24 18:08:37 2001  Irfan Pyarali  <irfan@cs.wustl.edu>

	* tao/RTPortableServer/RT_POA.cpp: 

	  - (thread_pool): Added member and accessor.

          - (valid_priority): Renamed to validate_priority().  Instead
            of trying to match acceptor priority and bands, we check
            the following:

            If this POA is using a thread pool with lanes, make sure
            the priority matches one of the thread lanes.  Note that
            in this case, bands do not matter since matching the lanes
            priority is a stricter condition than meeting the band
            ranges.  In addition, when the POA was created, the bands
            had to match the lanes.

            If we are dealing with a thread pool without lanes, check
            if we have bands.  If we do have bands, make sure that the
            priority is matching one of the bands.

          - (endpoint_count): Counts the potentially relevant
            endpoints for this POA.

	  - (parse_rt_policies): Extract the POA's thread pool from
            the policies specified by the user.

          - (key_to_stub_i): Instead of trying to create different
            kinds of acceptor filters, we check the following:

            If this POA is using the default thread pool or a thread
            pool without lanes, create the IOR with the acceptors in
            the thread pool.

            If this POA has the SERVER_DECLARED policy, create the IOR
            with the acceptors in the only thread lane that matches
            the priority of the object.

            If this POA has the CLIENT_PROPAGATED policy, create the
            IOR with the acceptors in the thread lanes that matches
            the bands in this POA.  If there are no bands, all the
            thread lanes are used.

	* tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Policy_Validator.cpp: 

	  - (validate_impl): Removed call to ORB_Core::open(). Added
            thread-pool validation.

          - (legal_policy_impl): Added <THREADPOOL_POLICY_TYPE> to the
            legal policies.

          - (validate_server_protocol): Previously, if we found one
            protocol that matched, we returned success.  Now we return
            return success only if we match all the protocols
            specified by the user.

          - (merge_policies_impl): Merging of policies specified at
            the ORB level was not done before. Check if the user has
            specified the priority model, server protocol, and thread
            pool policies.  If not, check if the policy has been
            specified at the ORB level.  If so, we'll use that policy.

          - (validate_priorities): Revised this function to do the
            following tests:

	    Initialize <rt_priority_model> to NOT_SPECIFIED rather
	    than CLIENT_PROPAGATED.
	
            If priority model was not specified, then we better not
            have a thread pool with lanes since this configuration
            does not make sense.

            If priority banded connections are set, make sure that:

             0. A priority model was specified.

             1. There is at least one band.

             2a. low is not < RTCORBA::minPriority
             2b. low <= high
             2c. high is not > RTCORBA::maxPriority

             3. If priority model is SERVER_DECLARED, server_priority
                must match one of the bands.

             4. If this POA has a thread pool with lanes, then for
                each band, there must be at least one thread lane that
                can service it, i.e., whose priority falls into the
                band's range.

            If priority banded connections are not set, and the
            priority model is SERVER_DECLARED, make sure we have at
            least one thread lane that can provide service for the
            specified SERVER_DECLARED priority.

        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Acceptor_Filters.h
        
	  - (fill_mprofile): Renamed fill_mprofile() to fill_profile()
	    and added a <priority> paramter to this function.

          - (encode_endpoints): Also added a new function
	    encode_endpoints() that encodes the endpoints in the
	    profiles into the TAO_TAG_ENDPOINTS tag component of
	    profiles.

          - (TAO_Priority_Acceptor_Filter; TAO_Bands_Acceptor_Filter;
            validate_acceptor): Removed: POA decides with acceptor
            registries to include in the stub.  Therefore, these
            classes and functions are not longer required.

	* tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Servant_Dispatcher.cpp:

	  - (~RT_Priority_Model_Processing): Removed code duplication
            and called post_invoke() directly.

          - (pre_invoke): Changed the upcall thread preprocessing to
            do the following:

            Don't mess with the priority of threads in lanes.

            For the SERVER_DECLARED PriorityModel processing, use the
            request associated with the servant.
            
            Previously, for the CLIENT_PROPAGATED policy, if the
            server priority was <TAO_INVALID_PRIORITY>, then the
            client propagated priority was ignored.  This was fixed.

            Handle cases where the priority model policy was not
            specified.

            Distinguish between invalid target priorities and where
            the original == target.

	* tao/RTPortableServer/RT_POA_Initializer.cpp
	  (init_rt_default_policies): Removed: it was merging the ORB
	  level policies with the default POA policies at initialization
	  time.  It correct thing to do would be to merge the ORB level
	  policies with the user provided policies when a POA is being
	  created.
          
        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Object_Adapter_Factory.cpp (create):
          No need to setup the POA Extension Initializer.  Setup the
          servant dispatcher and the policy validator on the Object
          Adapter after creating it.

        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_POA_Initializer.cpp:

          Renamed TAO_RT_POA_Initializer::init() to
          TAO_RTPortableServer_Initializer::TAO_RTPortableServer_Initializer().

        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_POA.h:

          Include RTPortableServerC.h instead of RTPortableServer.h.

        * tao/RTPortableServer/Makefile:
        * tao/RTPortableServer/Makefile.bor:
        * tao/RTPortableServer/TAO_RTPortableServer.dsp:
        * tao/RTPortableServer/TAO_RTPortableServer_Static.dsp:

          Removed RT_POA_Initializer.

	* tao/RTCORBA/Thread_Pool.cpp:

          - (set_tss_resources): Each lane thread on startup sets its
            thread lane pointer in TSS.  This makes it easy to access
            each thread's lane resources and also makes it easy to
            identify which threads belong to thread pools and which
            don't.

          - (validate_and_map_priority): When a thread lane is opened,
            its lane priority is validated and mapped to native
            priority before the threads are spawned.

          - (open): Open the acceptor registry when a thread lane is
            opened.

          - (fini): Finalize resources.

          - (resources): Added TAO_Thread_Lane_Resources accessor.

          - (with_lanes): Since a thread-pool without lanes is
            implemented as a thread-pool with one lane, it is
            difficult to tell them apart. Added a <with_lanes_> flag
            to tell them apart.

	  - (constructors): Make sure <allow_request_buffering> and
	    <allow_borrowing> are disabled since we do not support
	    them.

          - (create_dynamic_threads): In addition to the default flags
            (THR_NEW_LWP and THR_JOINABLE), add in flags to set the
            scope and scheduling policies when creating RT threads.

          - (native_priority): Each lane remembers its native priority
            in addition to its CORBA priority.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Protocols_Hooks.cpp
	  (set_default_server_protocol_policy): Don't include all the
	  protocols that the ORB knows about in the default server
	  protocol policy; only include protocols that the user has
	  opened.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Protocols_Hooks.h: Removed
          ACE_STATIC_SVC_REQUIRE directive since it is not needed.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_ORB_Loader.cpp: 

	  - Changed base class from TAO_Object_Loader to
            ACE_Service_Object.

          - (create_object): Removed.
          
          - (Initializer): Removed.       

          - (init): Handle the scheduling policy variable in terms of
            THR_SCHED_* values instead of ACE_SCHED_* values since
            ACE_OS::thr_create expects THR_SCHED_* values.

            However, ACE_Sched_Params::priority_min() and
            ACE_Sched_Params::priority_max() expect ACE_SCHED_*
            values.  Therefore, a conversion from THR_SCHED_* values
            to ACE_SCHED_* values is done in
            TAO_RT_ORBInitializer::pre_init().

            Also, added the ability for the user to specify the
            scheduling scope of the RT threads through the new
            ORBScopePolicy option.  The option supports the PROCESS
            and SYSTEM scopes with PROCESS being the default.
  
	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_ORB.cpp:

	  - (TAO_RT_ORB): Cache the <tp_manager> from the
	    TAO_RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.

          - (pre_init): Register the
            RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager_Factory with the service
            configurator.

         - (TAO_RT_CORBA_Priority_Normalizer): Removed since it was no
           longer needed.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Mutex.cpp (try_lock): Make sure that
	  mutex::tryacquire() returning -1 with errno == EBUSY is not
	  flagged as an error.

        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_Invocation_Endpoint_Selectors.cpp:

          - Added TAO_RT_Default_Endpoint_Selector.  Pretty much the
            same as TAO_Default_Endpoint_Selector except private
            connections are taken into account.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Endpoint_Selector_Factory.cpp: 

	  - Replaced TAO_Default_Endpoint_Selector with
	    TAO_RT_Default_Endpoint_Selector so that we are sure to
	    take private connection into account.

        * tao/RTCORBA/Direct_Priority_Mapping.cpp:
        * tao/RTCORBA/Linear_Priority_Mapping.cpp:        
        
          - Removed special code in the constructors that was added to
            handle incorrect priorities reported by
            ACE_Sched_Params::priority_min() and
            ACE_Sched_Params::priority_max().  This code was not
            needed after Joe's fixes.

          - Changed <policy_> type from int to long.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_ORBInitializer.cpp (pre_init): Set the
          scheduling policy and scope policy into ORB Parameters.
          Also, converted THR_SCHED_* values into ACE_SCHED_* values.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RTCORBA.cpp:

	  - (init): Removed: functionality moved to the constructor.

	  - (TAO_RTCORBA_Initializer): Removed the registration of
	    TAO_RT_Protocols_Hooks into the service configurator - it
	    is already done in TAO_RT_ORBInitializer::pre_init.

        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_Current.h:
        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_Mutex.h:
        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_ORB.h:
        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_ORBInitializer.cpp:
        * tao/RTCORBA/RT_Policy_i.h:
        * tao/RTCORBA/Thread_Pool.h
        * tao/RTPortableServer/RTPortableServerC.h
        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Acceptor_Filters.h:
        * tao/RTPortableServer/RT_Servant_Dispatcher.h:

          Include RTCORBA.h instead of RTCORBAC.h.
        
	* tao/RTCORBA/Makefile.bor: 
	* tao/RTCORBA/Makefile: 
	* tao/RTCORBA/TAO_RTCORBA.dsp: 
	* tao/RTCORBA/TAO_RTCORBA_Static.dsp: 

	  Removed Pool_Per_Endpoint; added
	  RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.

	* tao/ORB_Core.cpp: 

          - (Reactor_Registry): Removed from the ORB Core.  Each
            thread lane how manages its own Leader/Follower object
            which has its own Reactor.

          - (Transport_Cache): Moved from the ORB Core to the thread
            lane.

          - (Acceptor_Registry): Moved from the ORB Core to the thread
            lane.

          - (Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager): The ORB Core now has a
            pointer to a Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.  It'll either
            be the Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager that manages
            the default thread lane, or it'll be the
            RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager that manages the default
            thread lane and the RT thread lanes.
         
         - (Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager_Factory):
           Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager are created using this
           factory.  This factory is accessed through the Service
           Configurator.

         - (reactor_): Removed unused member.

         - (inherit_from_parent_thread): Removed dead code.

         - (create_stub): No need to pass ORB_Core::create_stub() a
	    pointer to the ORB_Core.

         - (create_stub_object): Simplified this function. MProfile
           creation is going to be done by the POA.

         - (is_collocated): This function now checks with the lane
           resources if the acceptor registry has been created.

         - (leader_follower, lf_strategy): Access the Leader/Followers
           and LF Strategy object from the thread lane resources
           rather than from the Reactor Registry.

         - (open): Removed: thread lanes resourced are opened when
           thread pools are created; thread lanes resourced are opened
           when the Root POA is created.

         - (shutdown): Added missing ACE_CHECKs.

         - (reactor): Removed acceptor based reactor selection.

         - (poa_extension_initializer): Removed since it was no longer
           needed.

         - (TAO_CORBA_Priority_Normalizer): Removed since it was no
           longer needed.

         - (resource_factory_from_service_config_,
            client_factory_from_service_config_, 
            server_factory_from_service_config_):

            Removed since it was no longer needed.

         - (resource_factory_, stub_factory_,
            endpoint_selector_factory_, protocols_hooks_,
            client_factory_, server_factory_):

            Simplified the creation of these factories.

         - (TAO_ORB_Core_TSS_Resources): Removed <transport_cache_>,
           <reactor_registry_>, and <reactor_registry_cookie_t>; added
           <lane_> from/to the per-ORB TSS resources.

	* tao/ORB.cpp (create_stub_object): Removed unused method.  In
	  addition, stub creation really belongs to the POA.

	* tao/param.cpp: Added the scheduling policy and scope policy
          for RTCORBA threads created by the ORB.

	* tao/Tagged_Profile.cpp (extract_object_key): 
	* tao/IIOP_Transport.cpp (set_bidir_context_info): 

	  Acceptor registry is now accessed through the lane resources
	  rather than through the ORB Core.

	* tao/Transport.cpp:
	* tao/Acceptor_Impl.cpp (make_svc_handler): 
	* tao/IIOP_Connector.cpp:
	* tao/IIOP_Connection_Handler.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):
	* tao/Strategies/SHMIOP_Connector.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/SHMIOP_Connection_Handler.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):
	* tao/Strategies/DIOP_Connection_Handler.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):
	* tao/Strategies/UIOP_Connector.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/UIOP_Connection_Handler.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):
        * orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Connector.cpp:
        * orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Connection_Handler.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):
        * orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/IIOP_SSL_Connector.cpp (add_transport_to_cache):

	  Transport cache is now accessed through the lane resources
	  rather than through the ORB Core.

	* tao/Pluggable.cpp: 
	* tao/IIOP_Acceptor.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/DIOP_Acceptor.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/SHMIOP_Acceptor.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/UIOP_Acceptor.cpp:
        * orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/IIOP_SSL_Acceptor.cpp:
        * orbsvcs/orbsvcs/SSLIOP/SSLIOP_Acceptor.cpp:

          - Priority: Since endpoints are no longer associated with
            priorities, the priority is explicitly passed in from the
            thread lane when creating the shared profile.  If a
            "priority" option is specified by the user, it'll be
            flagged as an error.

 	  - (create_profile): Renamed create_mprofile() to
            create_profile() while adding a <priority> parameter and
            removing the <share_profile> parameter. Creation of a
            shared profile can be done if we have a valid <priority>.
            Otherwise, we create a new profile.

          - (create_new_profile): Renamed create_new_profiles() to
            create_new_profile() while adding a <priority> parameter.

          - (create_shared_profile): Added a <priority> parameter.

          - (open, open_i, open_default): Reactor is specified
            explicitly rather than coming implicitly from the ORB
            Core.

	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources.cpp
	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources.h
	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources.i

          New class representing a thread lane's resources.  The class
          has the following resources:

          - Acceptor Registry
          - Transport Cache
          - Leader/Follower (and hence the Reactor also)

          These resources use to be in the ORB Core.  However, with
          the introduction of thread lanes, these resources were moved
          to this class.  These resources will be managed by two kinds
          of managers: (a) default (non-RT) manager which only has one
          set of lane resources and approximates these resources being
          in the ORB Core.  (b) RT manager which manages multiple set
          of resources associated with each thread lane and has a
          default set of lane resources.

	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.cpp
	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.h
	* tao/Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.i

          Abstract manager and manager factory.

	* tao/Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.cpp
	* tao/Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.h
	* tao/Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.i

          Default (non-RT) manager which only has one set of lane
          resources and approximates these resources being in the ORB
          Core.

	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.cpp
	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.h
	* tao/RTCORBA/RT_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.i

          RT manager which manages multiple set of resources
          associated with each thread lane and has a default set of
          lane resources.

	* tao/Endpoint.h (TAO_Endpoint): Changed default <priority> value
	  in constructor to <TAO_INVALID_PRIORITY> instead of -1.

	* tao/Protocols_Hooks.cpp:
	* tao/Default_Protocols_Hooks.cpp:

	  - (set_default_server_protocol_policy): Added no-op new
	    method.  It'll be useful with RTCORBA.

	* tao/Acceptor_Registry.cpp: 

	  - (open, open_default, open_i): The reactor is explicitly
	    passed to these methods instead of getting it from the ORB
	    Core.

          - (make_mprofile): This function was removed because it was
	    doing too much, i.e., calling fill_mprofile() which was
	    creating and encoding the mprofile.  Since the POA has to
	    now deal with multiple acceptor registries, this
	    functionality was moved to the POA.

	* tao/Default_Acceptor_Filter.h: 
	* tao/Acceptor_Filter.h: 

          - (fill_mprofile): Renamed fill_mprofile() to fill_profile()
	    and added a <priority> paramter to this function.  

          - (encode_endpoints): Also added a new function
	    encode_endpoints() that encodes the endpoints in the
	    profiles into the TAO_TAG_ENDPOINTS tag component of
	    profiles.

	* tao/Transport_Cache_Manager.cpp (open): Removed.

	* tao/TAO_Internal.cpp (open_services_i): Insert the
	  Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager_Factory into the service
	  configurator.  Also, cast RT_ORB_Loader to ACE_Service_Object
	  instead of TAO_Object_Loader.

	* tao/default_resource.cpp:
	* tao/Resource_Factory.cpp:
	* tao/Strategies/advanced_resource.cpp: 

	  - (reactor_registry): Removed since it was no longer needed.

	  - (ORBReactorRegistry): Report error since this option is no
	    longer supported.

        * tao/ORB.cpp (url_ior_string_to_object):
	* tao/CORBALOC_Parser.cpp (make_stub_from_mprofile): 
	* tao/Stub.cpp (set_policy_overrides): 
	* tao/Object.cpp (operator>>): 

	  No need to pass ORB_Core::create_stub() a pointer to the
	  ORB_Core.

        * tao/TAO.dsp: 
        * tao/TAO_Static.dsp: 

	  - Removed these files:

	    Reactor_Registry
	    Single_Reactor
            POA_Extension_Initializer
	    TimeBaseS
	    CONV_FRAMES
	    Connector_Impl
	    TAO_Singleton
	
	  - Added these files:

	    Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager
	    Thread_Lane_Resources
	    Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager.cpp
	
	* tao/Makefile: 
	* tao/Makefile.bor: 
	* tao/Makefile.am: 

	  - Added new files:
	   
	    Thread_Lane_Resources 
	    Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager 
	    Default_Thread_Lane_Resources_Manager

	  - Removed these files:

	    Reactor_Registry
	    Single_Reactor
            POA_Extension_Initializer

	  - Removed the following *S_T.* files.  Since the *S.* are
	    not needed, these will also not be needed:

	    CONV_FRAMES_T 
	    GIOPS_T 
	    IOPS_T 
	    PollableS_T 
	    TAOS_T 
	    TimeBaseS_T

	* tao/PortableServer/POA.cpp: 

          - (create_POA_i): Before a POA is created (including the
            RootPOA), any relevant policies at the ORB level should be
            merged with the policies passed to create_POA() by the
            user.

          - (servant_to_id_i, servant_to_reference): Use the
            <server_priority> from the priority model policy rather
            than <TAO_INVALID_PRIORITY> for servants that are not
            registered with explicit priorities.

          - (create_stub_object): The POA is now responsible for
            selecting which profiles to create the stub with.  This
            change is more relevant for the RT POA.

          - (thread_pool): No-op accessor added.  This change is more
            relevant for the RT POA.

	* tao/PortableServer/Object_Adapter.cpp (open): 

	  - Make sure that the default resources are open when the
	    RootPOA is created.

	  - Make sure that the correct default Server Protocol Policy
	    is set after we open the default resources.  Previously
	    all the protocols supported were included in the default
	    Server Protocol Policy.  This should be restricted to only
	    the protocols opened by default (such as IIOP) and any
	    other asked for by the user (such as SHMIOP).

          - Before a POA is created (including the RootPOA), any
            relevant policies at the ORB level should be merged with
            the policies passed to create_POA() by the user.
            
          - No need to access the POA Initializer.
            TAO_RT_Object_Adapter_Factory will set things up for us.

	* tao/PortableServer/POA_Cached_Policies.cpp
	  (TAO_POA_Cached_Policies): Changed the default value of
	  <priority_model_> from
	  TAO_POA_Cached_Policies::CLIENT_PROPAGATED to
	  TAO_POA_Cached_Policies::NOT_SPECIFIED.

	* tao/PortableServer/Default_Policy_Validator.cpp: 
	  
	  - (merge_policies_impl): No-op method was added.

	  - (Default_Policy_Validator): Pass-through-to-base-class
	    constructor was added.

	* tao/PortableServer/Default_Acceptor_Filter.cpp:

	  - (fill_mprofile): Got renamed to fill_profile().

          - (encode_endpoints): No-op method was added.

	* tao/PortableServer/Policy_Validator.cpp (merge_policies): Merge
	  any relevant policies at the ORB level into the current set.

	* tao/PortableServer/POA_Policy_Set.i (policies): Added accessor
	  to underlying TAO_Policy_Set implementation.

	* tao/Strategies/Makefile.bor: 
	* tao/Strategies/Makefile: 
	* tao/Strategies/TAO_Strategies.dsp:
	* tao/Strategies/TAO_Strategies_Static.dsp:

	  Removed Reactor_Per_Priority.
	
	* tests/RTCORBA/Policy_Combinations: New test added that
          combines and tests several RT policies in different ways.

          - The IDL interface has two methods: method() and
            prioritized_method(). 

          - The client sets its thread to the default priority, calls
            method() which returns a priority.  If the priority
            returned is different from <TAO_INVALID_PRIORITY>, the
            client sets its thread to the priority returned by the
            server and calls prioritized_method()

          - The servant returns the <client_priority_> member in
            method().  In prioritized_method(), it makes sure that the
            thread running the upcall is at priority
            <server_priority_>.  These two members allow several
            different policies to be tested with the same code.

          - In addition to testing servants in the RootPOA and in a
            simple child POA, the following policy combinations are
            tested in this example:
            ________________________________________

            Thread-pool    BANDS   PRIORITY MODEL
            ________________________________________

            Default Pool     NO   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            Default Pool     NO   SERVER_DECLARED
            Without Lanes    NO   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            Without Lanes    NO   SERVER_DECLARED
            With Lanes       NO   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            With Lanes       NO   SERVER_DECLARED
            Default Pool    YES   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            Default Pool    YES   SERVER_DECLARED
            Without Lanes   YES   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            Without Lanes   YES   SERVER_DECLARED
            With Lanes      YES   CLIENT_PROPAGATED
            With Lanes      YES   SERVER_DECLARED

	* tests/RTCORBA/Linear_Priority: This is a test for the Linear
          Priority mapping in TAO.  In addition, this test combines
          and tests several RT policies in different ways.  This test
          can also be used for testing the different scheduling
          policies (e.g., FIFO, RR, OTHER) by using the ORBSchedPolicy
          and ORBScopePolicy options in svc.conf file.

          - The server can be setup to use bands or no bands and
            thread lanes or no lanes.

          - The client can be setup to use bands or no bands and
            different invocation priorities.  It creates a thread for
            each invocation priority and issues multiple requests to
            the server from each thread.

          - The following policy combinations are tested in this
            example:
            __________________________________________________

            Server-side   Thread   Client-side  Multi-priority
               Bands       Lanes      Bands        Clients
            __________________________________________________

                NO          NO          NO           NO
                YES         NO          NO           NO
                NO          YES         NO           NO
                YES         YES         NO           NO
                NO          NO          YES          NO
                NO          YES         YES          NO
                NO          NO          NO           YES
                YES         NO          NO           YES
                YES         YES         NO           YES      
                NO          NO          YES          YES
                NO          YES         YES          YES

	* tests/RTCORBA/Thread_Pool:

          - server.cpp: Associated the thread pools with POAs.
            Produced three servants, one that uses the default thread
            pool, the second uses an RT thread pool without lanes, and
            the third that uses an RT thread pool with lanes. Also
            added the use of CLIENT_PROPAGATED priority model.

	  - client.cpp: Changed the default ior file from <ior> to
	    <ior_1>.

	  - run_test.pl: Spawn multiple clients for each servant.  The
            servants with multiple threads in their thread-pool
            respond faster than the servants with a single thread
            thread-pool.

          - test_i.cpp (method): Added debugging output to see which
            lane/pool/thread is being used to run the upcall.

	  - README: Updated to reflect changes in the test.

	* tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections:

	  - server.cpp: 

            - We cache the RT_Current in the constructor instead of
	      having to look it up on every call.

            - Simplified some of the options and some parts of the code.

	    - The POA priority is now deduced from the lane
	      priorities.  Lane priorities are not deduced from the
	      bands.

	    - The old Reactor-per-Priority scheme was replaced by RT
	      Thread-Pools.

            - Removed dependency on advance resources in the
              strategies library.

            - Added check to make sure multiple priorities are
              supported.

	  - client.cpp: 

            - Simplified some of the options and some parts of the
	      code.

            - Client thread priorities are now deduced from the bands.

            - Added check to make sure multiple priorities are
              supported.

	  - test.idl (Test): test_method() now passes an additional
	    boolean parameter <client_propagated> to indicate what
	    kind of invocation it thinks it is making.  This is a
	    useful sanity check.

          - server.conf: The service configurator directives in this
	    file were no longer needed; therefore this file was
	    removed.

	  - run_test.pl: Removed specification of endpoint priorities
	    since they are no longer needed or supported.  Also
	    simplified some of the other options used in this test.

	  - client.dsp: 
	  - server.dsp: 
	    
            Removed the static build configurations.

	  - README: Updated to reflect changes in the test.

	* tests/RTCORBA/Server_Declared: 

          - server.cpp: 

            - The old Reactor-per-Priority scheme was replaced by a
              simple ORB::run().

            - Exception test for an invalid servant priority was
              removed since there is already a test that does this.

            - Added check to make sure multiple priorities are
              supported.

            - Removed dependency on advance resources in the
              strategies library.

	  - client.cpp: Added check to make sure multiple priorities
            are supported.

	  - run_test.pl: Removed specification of endpoint priorities
	    since they are no longer needed or supported.  Also
	    simplified some of the other options used in this test.

          - server.conf: The service configurator directives in this
	    file were no longer needed; therefore this file was
	    removed.

	  - README: Updated to reflect changes in the test.

	* tests/RTCORBA/MT_Client_Protocol_Priority

          - server.cpp: 

            - The old Reactor-per-Priority scheme was replaced by RT
	      Thread-Pools.

            - Added check to make sure multiple priorities are
              supported.

	  - client.cpp: 

            - Added check to make sure multiple priorities are
              supported.

            - Removed dependency on advance resources in the
              strategies library.

	  - run_test.pl: Removed specification of endpoint priorities
	    since they are no longer needed or supported.

          - server.conf: Removed some of the service configurator
	    directives in this file that were no longer needed.

	  - README: Updated to reflect changes in the test.

	* tests/RTCORBA/check_supported_priorities.cpp: Common check
	  used by several RT tests to make sure multiple priorities
	  are supported.

	* tests/RTCORBA/RTCORBA_tests.dsw: 
	* tests/RTCORBA/Makefile: 
	* tests/RTCORBA/Makefile.bor: 

	  Added new tests ORB_init, Policy_Combinations, and
	  Linear_Priority.

        * tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections/Makefile:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections/server.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Banded_Connections/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/Makefile:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/server.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Linear_Priority/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Linear_Priority/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Policy_Combinations/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Policy_Combinations/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Private_Connection/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Private_Connection/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/Makefile:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/server.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Propagated/server.dsp:

          Removed Strategies library since it is not needed.

        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Protocol/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Client_Protocol/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Explicit_Binding/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Explicit_Binding/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/MT_Client_Protocol_Priority/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/MT_Client_Protocol_Priority/client.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Private_Connection/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/RTMutex/server.dsp:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Server_Protocol/client.bor:
        * tests/RTCORBA/Server_Protocol/client.dsp:

          Removed PortableServer and RTPortableServer libraries since
          they are not needed.

	* docs/rtcorba/features.html:
	* docs/rtcorba/status.html:
	* docs/rtcorba/issues.html:

          Updated RTCORBA documentation to reflect new thread-pool
          support.

        * docs/Options.html: Added documentation for new
          -ORBScopePolicy option.

        * ACE_ROOT/ace/OS.h: THR_SCOPE_PROCESS and THR_SCOPE_SYSTEM
          were not defined for NT.  Added them.

        * ACE_ROOT/bin/auto_run_tests.lst: Added new RTCORBA tests.
          Removed Minimum CORBA dependency on these tests.