From 721f8d105e59bb5681ba1778ec53cb847147de39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Babic <andrej.babic@psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:57:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove safety check to reduce the number of locks

---
 core-writer/src/RingBuffer.cpp | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core-writer/src/RingBuffer.cpp b/core-writer/src/RingBuffer.cpp
index 2d22f40..097f9f5 100644
--- a/core-writer/src/RingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/core-writer/src/RingBuffer.cpp
@@ -203,26 +203,6 @@ pair<shared_ptr<T>, char*> RingBuffer<T>::read()
         cout << " Received metadata for frame_index ";
         cout << frame_metadata->frame_index << endl;
     #endif
-
-    // Check if the references ring buffer slot is valid.
-    {
-        lock_guard<mutex> lock(ringbuffer_slots_mutex_);
-
-        if (!ringbuffer_slots_[frame_metadata->buffer_slot_index]) {
-            stringstream err_msg;
-
-            using namespace date;
-            using namespace chrono; 
-            err_msg << "[" << system_clock::now() << "]";
-            err_msg << "[RingBuffer::read]";
-            err_msg << " Ring buffer slot";
-            err_msg << " referenced in message header ";
-            err_msg << frame_metadata->buffer_slot_index << " is empty.";
-            err_msg << endl;
-
-            throw runtime_error(err_msg.str());
-        }
-    }
             
     return {frame_metadata,
             get_buffer_slot_address(frame_metadata->buffer_slot_index)};