Removed MAC timers thread and call them from main MAC thread

srsue/hdr/mac/mac.h

@@ -150,27 +150,12 @@ private:
   uint8_t                pch_payload_buffer[pch_payload_buffer_sz];
 
 
-  /* class that runs a thread to trigger timer callbacks in low priority */
-  class timer_thread : public thread {
-  public:
-    timer_thread(srslte::timers *timers_) : ttisync(10240),running(false),timers(timers_) {start();}
-    void tti_clock();
-    void stop();
-  private:
-    bool running;
-    void run_thread();
-    srslte::tti_sync_cv ttisync;
-    srslte::timers     *timers;
-  };
-
-
   /* Functions for MAC Timers */
   uint32_t        timer_alignment;
   uint32_t        contention_resolution_timer;
   void            setup_timers();
   void            timer_alignment_expire();
   srslte::timers  timers;
-  timer_thread    timers_thread;
 
 
   // pointer to MAC PCAP object

srsue/src/mac/mac.cc

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace srsue {
 
 mac::mac() : ttisync(10240), 
              timers(64),
-             timers_thread(&timers),
              mux_unit(MAC_NOF_HARQ_PROC),
              demux_unit(SRSLTE_MAX_TB*MAC_NOF_HARQ_PROC),
              pdu_process_thread(&demux_unit)
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ void mac::stop()
   started = false;
   ttisync.increase();
   pdu_process_thread.stop();
-  timers_thread.stop();
   wait_thread_finish();
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ void mac::run_thread() {
 
       log_h->step(tti);
 
-      timers_thread.tti_clock();
+      timers.step_all();
 
       // Step all procedures
       bsr_procedure.step(tti);
@@ -312,6 +310,7 @@ void mac::new_grant_ul(mac_interface_phy::mac_grant_t grant, mac_interface_phy::
 
 void mac::new_grant_ul_ack(mac_interface_phy::mac_grant_t grant, bool ack, mac_interface_phy::tb_action_ul_t* action)
 {
+  log_h->info("new_grant_ul_ack\n");
   int tbs = ul_harq.get_current_tbs(tti);
   ul_harq.new_grant_ul_ack(grant, ack, action);
   if (!ack) {
@@ -453,35 +452,6 @@ uint32_t mac::timer_get_unique_id()
 }
 
 
-/********************************************************
- *
- * Class that runs timers in lower priority
- *
- *******************************************************/
-void mac::timer_thread::tti_clock()
-{
-  ttisync.increase();
-}
-
-void mac::timer_thread::run_thread()
-{
-  running=true;
-  ttisync.set_producer_cntr(0);
-  ttisync.resync();
-  while(running) {
-    ttisync.wait();
-    timers->step_all();
-  }
-}
-
-void mac::timer_thread::stop()
-{
-  running=false;
-  ttisync.increase();
-  wait_thread_finish();
-}
-
-
 /********************************************************
  *
  * Class that runs a thread to process DL MAC PDUs from