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diff --git a/spec/rtems/ratemon/glossary/postponedjob.yml b/spec/rtems/ratemon/glossary/postponedjob.yml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b16e32f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/spec/rtems/ratemon/glossary/postponedjob.yml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 +copyrights: +- Copyright (C) 2021 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de) +enabled-by: true +glossary-type: term +links: +- role: glossary-member + uid: /glossary-requirements +term: postponed job +text: | + A postponed job is a ${../glossary/job:/term} which should already have been + started but which has not yet been started because an earlier + ${../glossary/job:/term} is still executed. Postponed jobs exist in + ${../glossary/active:/term} and ${../glossary/expired:/term} + ${../glossary/state:/term}. + + Note that the ${../if/cancel:/name} + directive does not change the number of postponed jobs, + ${../glossary/elapsed:/term} or ${../glossary/consumed:/term} + ${../glossary/time:/term}. Moreover, the ${../if/create:/name} + directive does not set these values 0. + + The period has a counter for the number of currently postponed jobs (with a + maximum of 0xffffffff). The number of postponed jobs is increased whenever + the execution of the current ${../glossary/job:/term} exceeds the time + ${../glossary/interval:/term} length allotted for the current job (with the + ${../glossary/interval:/term} starting over again). This assumes and in + effect works only correct when all future jobs have the same + ${../glossary/interval:/term} length as the current one. + + If one or more postponed jobs are present when ${../if/period:/name} is + called, ${../if/period:/name} returns immediately without waiting for the + end of an ${../glossary/interval:/term} in an attempt to reduce the number + of postponed jobs. +type: glossary |