Changeset d20b029 in rtems for doc


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04/16/14 18:54:48 (10 years ago)
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Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@…>
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Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@…> (04/16/14 18:54:48)
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Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@…> (05/05/14 06:26:27)
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doc: Add SMP glossary

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    3030@section Background
    3131
     32@subsection Glossary
     33
     34@table @dfn
     35
     36@item scheduler
     37
     38A @dfn{scheduler} or @dfn{scheduling algorithm} allocates processors to a
     39subset of its set of ready tasks.  So it manages access to the processor
     40resource.  Various algorithms exist to choose the tasks allowed to use a
     41processor out of the set of ready tasks.  One method is to assign each task a
     42priority number and assign the tasks with the lowest priority number to one
     43processor of the set of processors owned by a scheduler instance.
     44
     45@item scheduler instance
     46
     47A @dfn{scheduler instance} is a scheduling algorithm with a corresponding
     48context to store its internal state.  Each processor in the system is owned by
     49at most one scheduler instance.  The processor to scheduler instance assignment
     50is determined at application configuration time.  @xref{Configuring a System
     51Configuring Clustered/Partitioned Schedulers}.
     52
     53@item cluster
     54
     55We have clustered scheduling in case the set of processors of a system is
     56partitioned into non-empty pairwise disjoint subsets.  These subsets are called
     57@dfn{clusters}.  Each cluster is owned by exactly one scheduler instance.
     58
     59@item partition
     60
     61Clusters with a cardinality of one are @dfn{partitions}.
     62
     63@item task
     64
     65A @dfn{task} or @dfn{thread} is a context which can execute on a processor.  It
     66consists normally of a set of registers and a stack.  The terms @dfn{task} and
     67@dfn{thread} are synonym in RTEMS
     68
     69@item task processor affinity
     70
     71The set of processors on which a task is allowed to execute.
     72
     73@item task migration
     74
     75@dfn{Task migration} happens in case a task stops execution on one processor
     76and resumes execution on another processor.
     77
     78@item blocked task
     79
     80A task is @dfn{blocked} if it is not allowed to execute.  There are several
     81reasons why a task is blocked, for example
     82
     83@itemize @bullet
     84
     85@item it has to wait for a resource, currently owned by another task,
     86
     87@item some time must elapse, for example the next period start or some time
     88out,
     89
     90@item it is explicitly suspended, or
     91
     92@item it is not yet started.
     93
     94@end itemize
     95
     96Blocked tasks are not an element of the set of ready tasks of a scheduler
     97instance.
     98
     99@item ready task
     100
     101A task is @dfn{ready} if it is allowed to execute, but has no processor
     102assigned.  The scheduler decided that other tasks are currently more important.
     103
     104@item scheduled task
     105
     106A task is @dfn{scheduled} if it is allowed to execute and has a processor
     107assigned.  Such a task executes currently on a processor or is about to start
     108execution.  A task about to start execution it is an heir task on exactly one
     109processor in the system.
     110
     111@item in the air task
     112
     113A task is @dfn{in the air} if it is in a transient state and has a processor
     114assigned.  The next scheduler operation will turn it into a blocked, ready or
     115scheduled task.
     116
     117@item atomic operations
     118
     119Atomic operations are defined in terms of @cite{ISO/IEC 9899:2011}.
     120
     121@item SMP locks
     122
     123The @dfn{SMP locks} ensure mutual exclusion on the lowest level and are a
     124replacement for the sections of disabled interrupts.  Interrupts are usually
     125disabled while holding an SMP lock.  They are implemented using atomic
     126operations.  Currently a ticket lock is used in RTEMS.
     127
     128@item SMP barriers
     129
     130The @dfn{SMP locks} ensure that a set of processors reaches a common
     131synchronization point in time.  They are implemented using atomic operations.
     132Currently a sense barrier is used in RTEMS.
     133
     134@item Giant lock
     135
     136The @dfn{Giant lock} is a recursive SMP lock protecting most parts of the
     137operating system state.  Virtually every operating system service must acquire
     138and release the Giant lock during its operation.
     139
     140@end table
     141
    32142@subsection Uniprocessor versus SMP Parallelism
    33143
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