Hi, Please ignore the first commit. I sent it directly from rtems-qual which was a mistake.
Thanks On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 8:08 PM Richi Dubey <richidu...@gmail.com> wrote: > --- > c-user/glossary.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst > index 86350a8..589d41b 100644 > --- a/c-user/glossary.rst > +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 > > -.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2019 embedded brains GmbH ( > http://www.embedded-brains.de) > +.. Copyright (C) 2017, 2020 embedded brains GmbH ( > http://www.embedded-brains.de) > .. Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation > (OAR) > > Glossary > @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Glossary > A term used to describe an object which has been created by an > application. > > + APA > + Arbitrary Processor Affinity. > + In this model, a thread is allowed to have an arbitrary affinity > to the processor set, rather than a global mapping from one thread to all > processors or one thread to one processor. It has two variants, :term:`Weak > APA` and :term:`Strong APA` > + > aperiodic task > A task which must execute only at irregular intervals and has > only a soft > deadline. > @@ -777,6 +781,9 @@ Glossary > :term:`return value` to indicate a successful operation or error > conditions. > > + Strong APA > + Strong APA is a specialization of :term:`APA`. In this model, on > the arrival of a :term:`thread`, every thread reachable from the newly > arrived thread is checked to see if an existing thread can be shifted (or > deallocated its processor) and the newly arrived thread take its place if > the newly arrived thread has a higher priority. Similar analysis is done > when a thread finishes its execution (Here, the terms task and thread have > interchangeable definitions). :cite:`Cerqueira:2014:LPA` > + > suspend > A term used to describe a task that is not competing for the CPU > because it > has had a ``rtems_task_suspend`` directive. > @@ -905,6 +912,10 @@ Glossary > Message queues, regions, and semaphores have a wait queue > associated with > them. > > + Weak APA > + Weak APA is a specialization of :term:`APA`. This refers to > Linux's pull push implementation of APA model. On the arrival of a thread, > the thread is scheduled when a processor in its affinity set is idle or a > processor is executing a thread which is at a lower priority. > + :cite:`Cerqueira:2014:LPA` > + > YAML > This term is an acronym for `YAML Ain't Markup Language < > https://yaml.org/>`_. > > -- > 2.17.1 > >
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