Add glossary terms which characterize the relationship of a scheduler to
a task.
---
v3:
Address review comments. Use "ineligible" instead of "alien" or
"foreign".
c-user/glossary.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst
index 4e375de..6149368 100644
--- a/c-user/glossary.rst
+++ b/c-user/glossary.rst
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ Glossary
This term is an acronym for
`Executable and Linkable Format
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format>`_.
+ eligible scheduler
+ An eligible scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which
can be
+ used by the task to allocate a processor for the task.
+
embedded
An application that is delivered as a hidden part of a larger system.
For example, the software in a fuel-injection control system is an
@@ -340,9 +344,20 @@ Glossary
dispatch is marked as necessary, then the next thread dispatch will
make
the heir task the executing task.
+ helping scheduler
+ A helping scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which is a
+ :term:`eligible scheduler` and which is not the :term:`home scheduler`
of
+ the task.
+
heterogeneous
A multiprocessor computer system composed of dissimilar processors.
+ home scheduler
+ The home scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which is a
+ :term:`eligible scheduler` and which is assigned to the task during the
+ initialization or explicitly via a directive call such as
+ :c:func:`rtems_task_set_scheduler`.
+
homogeneous
A multiprocessor computer system composed of a single type of
processor.
@@ -356,6 +371,10 @@ Glossary
A special low priority task which assumes control of the CPU when no
other task is able to execute.
+ ineligible scheduler
+ An ineligible scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which
is
+ not an :term:`eligible scheduler`.
+
interface
A specification of the methodology used to connect multiple independent
subsystems.
@@ -728,6 +747,11 @@ Glossary
priority number and assign the tasks with the lowest priority number to
one processor of the set of processors owned by a scheduler instance.
+ A scheduler is either an :term:`eligible scheduler` or a
+ :term:`ineligible scheduler` for a task. An :term:`eligible
scheduler` is
+ either the :term:`home scheduler` or a :term:`helping scheduler` for a
+ task.
+
scheduler instance
A scheduler instance is a scheduling algorithm with a corresponding
context to store its internal state. Each processor in the system is
--
2.26.2
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