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authorSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2016-12-19 14:46:33 +0100
committerSebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>2016-12-19 14:46:33 +0100
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Do not mention obsolete Giant lock
Close #2555.
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:dfn:`freed`
A resource that has been released by the application to RTEMS.
-:dfn:`Giant lock`
- The :dfn:`Giant lock` is a recursive SMP lock protecting most parts of the
- operating system state. Virtually every operating system service must
- acquire and release the Giant lock during its operation.
-
:dfn:`global`
An object that has been created with the GLOBAL attribute and exported to
all nodes in a multiprocessor system.