[aandrejevic] 60783: [NTVDM] Improve performance by computing the resolution required by the PIT, and then using the standard tick count instead of performance counters when that resolution is low.

Author: aandrejevic
Date: Mon Oct 28 02:25:54 2013
New Revision: 60783

URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=60783&view=rev
Log:
[NTVDM]
Improve performance by computing the resolution required by the PIT,
and then using the standard tick count instead of performance counters
when that resolution is low.

Modified:
    branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/ntvdm.c
    branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.c
    branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.h

Modified: branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/ntvdm.c
URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/ntvdm.c?r...
==============================================================================
--- branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/ntvdm.c	[iso-8859-1] (original)
+++ branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/ntvdm.c	[iso-8859-1] Mon Oct 28 02:25:54 2013
@@ -151,19 +151,37 @@
     /* Main loop */
     while (VdmRunning)
     {
+        /* Get the resolution of the system timer */
+        DWORD TimerResolution = PitGetResolution();
+
         /* Get the current number of ticks */
         CurrentTickCount = GetTickCount();

-        /* Get the current performance counter value */
-        QueryPerformanceCounter(&Counter);
- 
-        /* Get the number of PIT ticks that have passed */
-        TimerTicks = ((Counter.QuadPart - LastTimerTick.QuadPart)
-                     * PIT_BASE_FREQUENCY) / Frequency.QuadPart;
+        if (TimerResolution > 1000)
+        {
+            /* Get the current performance counter value */
+            QueryPerformanceCounter(&Counter);
+ 
+            /* Get the number of PIT ticks that have passed */
+            TimerTicks = ((Counter.QuadPart - LastTimerTick.QuadPart)
+                         * PIT_BASE_FREQUENCY) / Frequency.QuadPart;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            /* Use the standard tick count */
+            Counter.QuadPart = CurrentTickCount;
+
+            /* Get the number of PIT ticks that have passed */
+            TimerTicks = ((Counter.QuadPart - LastTimerTick.QuadPart)
+                         * PIT_BASE_FREQUENCY) / 1000;
+        }

/* Update the PIT */
-        for (i = 0; i < TimerTicks; i++) PitDecrementCount();
-        LastTimerTick = Counter;
+        if (TimerTicks > 0)
+        {
+            for (i = 0; i < TimerTicks; i++) PitDecrementCount();
+            LastTimerTick = Counter;
+        }

/* Check for vertical retrace */
         if ((CurrentTickCount - LastVerticalRefresh) >= 16)

Modified: branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.c
URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.c?r...
==============================================================================
--- branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.c	[iso-8859-1] (original)
+++ branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.c	[iso-8859-1] Mon Oct 28 02:25:54 2013
@@ -233,4 +233,23 @@
     }
 }

+DWORD PitGetResolution(VOID)
+{
+    INT i;
+    DWORD MinReloadValue = 65536;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < PIT_CHANNELS; i++)
+    {
+        DWORD ReloadValue = PitChannels[i].ReloadValue;
+
+        /* 0 means 65536 */
+        if (ReloadValue == 0) ReloadValue = 65536;
+
+        if (ReloadValue < MinReloadValue) MinReloadValue = ReloadValue;
+    }
+
+    /* Return the frequency resolution */
+    return PIT_BASE_FREQUENCY / MinReloadValue;
+}
+
 /* EOF */

Modified: branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.h
URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.h?r...
==============================================================================
--- branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.h	[iso-8859-1] (original)
+++ branches/ntvdm/subsystems/ntvdm/timer.h	[iso-8859-1] Mon Oct 28 02:25:54 2013
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 BYTE PitReadData(BYTE Channel);
 VOID PitWriteData(BYTE Channel, BYTE Value);
 VOID PitDecrementCount();
+DWORD PitGetResolution(VOID);

#endif // _TIMER_H_