c-user: Split up scheduling concepts

Introduce a background section.

This makes it easier to automatically generate parts of the scheduling
concepts documentation in the future.

Update #3993.

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diff --git a/c-user/index.rst b/c-user/index.rst
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RTEMS Classic API Guide (|version|).
 	overview
 	key_concepts
 	rtems_data_types
-	scheduling_concepts
+	scheduling-concepts/index
 	initialization
 	task/index
 	interrupt/index
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/background.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/background.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2011 Petr Benes
+.. Copyright (C) 2010 Gedare Bloom
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Background
+==========
+
+.. index:: scheduling algorithms
+
+Scheduling Algorithms
+---------------------
+
+RTEMS provides a plugin framework that allows it to support multiple
+scheduling algorithms. RTEMS includes multiple scheduling algorithms, and the
+user can select which of these they wish to use in their application at
+link-time.  In addition, the user can implement their own scheduling algorithm
+and configure RTEMS to use it.
+
+Supporting multiple scheduling algorithms gives the end user the option to
+select the algorithm which is most appropriate to their use case. Most
+real-time operating systems schedule tasks using a priority based algorithm,
+possibly with preemption control.  The classic RTEMS scheduling algorithm which
+was the only algorithm available in RTEMS 4.10 and earlier, is a fixed-priority
+scheduling algorithm.  This scheduling algorithm is suitable for uniprocessor
+(e.g., non-SMP) systems and is known as the *Deterministic Priority
+Scheduler*.  Unless the user configures another scheduling algorithm, RTEMS
+will use this on uniprocessor systems.
+
+.. index:: priority scheduling
+
+Priority Scheduling
+-------------------
+
+When using priority based scheduling, RTEMS allocates the processor using a
+priority-based, preemptive algorithm augmented to provide round-robin
+characteristics within individual priority groups.  The goal of this algorithm
+is to guarantee that the task which is executing on the processor at any point
+in time is the one with the highest priority among all tasks in the ready
+state.
+
+When a task is added to the ready chain, it is placed behind all other tasks of
+the same priority.  This rule provides a round-robin within a priority group
+scheduling characteristic.  This means that in a group of equal priority tasks,
+tasks will execute in the order they become ready or FIFO order.  Even though
+there are ways to manipulate and adjust task priorities, the most important
+rule to remember is:
+
+.. note::
+
+  Priority based scheduling algorithms will always select the highest priority
+  task that is ready to run when allocating the processor to a task.
+
+Priority scheduling is the most commonly used scheduling algorithm.  It should
+be used by applications in which multiple tasks contend for CPU time or other
+resources, and there is a need to ensure certain tasks are given priority over
+other tasks.
+
+There are a few common methods of accomplishing the mechanics of this
+algorithm.  These ways involve a list or chain of tasks in the ready state.
+
+- The least efficient method is to randomly place tasks in the ready chain
+  forcing the scheduler to scan the entire chain to determine which task
+  receives the processor.
+
+- A more efficient method is to schedule the task by placing it in the proper
+  place on the ready chain based on the designated scheduling criteria at the
+  time it enters the ready state.  Thus, when the processor is free, the first
+  task on the ready chain is allocated the processor.
+
+- Another mechanism is to maintain a list of FIFOs per priority.  When a task
+  is readied, it is placed on the rear of the FIFO for its priority.  This
+  method is often used with a bitmap to assist in locating which FIFOs have
+  ready tasks on them.  This data structure has :math:`O(1)` insert, extract
+  and find highest ready run-time complexities.
+
+- A red-black tree may be used for the ready queue with the priority as the
+  key.  This data structure has :math:`O(log(n))` insert, extract and find
+  highest ready run-time complexities while :math:`n` is the count of tasks in
+  the ready queue.
+
+RTEMS currently includes multiple priority based scheduling algorithms as well
+as other algorithms that incorporate deadline.  Each algorithm is discussed in
+the following sections.
+
+.. index:: scheduling mechanisms
+
+Scheduling Modification Mechanisms
+----------------------------------
+
+RTEMS provides four mechanisms which allow the user to alter the task
+scheduling decisions:
+
+- user-selectable task priority level
+
+- task preemption control
+
+- task timeslicing control
+
+- manual round-robin selection
+
+Each of these methods provides a powerful capability to customize sets of tasks
+to satisfy the unique and particular requirements encountered in custom
+real-time applications.  Although each mechanism operates independently, there
+is a precedence relationship which governs the effects of scheduling
+modifications.  The evaluation order for scheduling characteristics is always
+priority, preemption mode, and timeslicing.  When reading the descriptions of
+timeslicing and manual round-robin it is important to keep in mind that
+preemption (if enabled) of a task by higher priority tasks will occur as
+required, overriding the other factors presented in the description.
+
+.. index:: task priority
+
+Task Priority and Scheduling
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The most significant task scheduling modification mechanism is the ability for
+the user to assign a priority level to each individual task when it is created
+and to alter a task's priority at run-time.  The maximum priority level depends
+on the configured scheduler.  A lower priority level means higher priority
+(higher importance).  The maximum priority level of the default uniprocessor
+scheduler is 255.
+
+.. index:: preemption
+
+Preemption
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Another way the user can alter the basic scheduling algorithm is by
+manipulating the preemption mode flag (``RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK``) of individual
+tasks.  If preemption is disabled for a task (``RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT``), then the
+task will not relinquish control of the processor until it terminates, blocks,
+or re-enables preemption.  Even tasks which become ready to run and possess
+higher priority levels will not be allowed to execute.  Note that the
+preemption setting has no effect on the manner in which a task is scheduled.
+It only applies once a task has control of the processor.
+
+.. index:: timeslicing
+.. index:: round robin scheduling
+
+Timeslicing
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Timeslicing or round-robin scheduling is an additional method which can be used
+to alter the basic scheduling algorithm.  Like preemption, timeslicing is
+specified on a task by task basis using the timeslicing mode flag
+(``RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK``).  If timeslicing is enabled for a task
+(``RTEMS_TIMESLICE``), then RTEMS will limit the amount of time the task can
+execute before the processor is allocated to another task.  Each tick of the
+real-time clock reduces the currently running task's timeslice.  When the
+execution time equals the timeslice, RTEMS will dispatch another task of the
+same priority to execute.  If there are no other tasks of the same priority
+ready to execute, then the current task is allocated an additional timeslice
+and continues to run.  Remember that a higher priority task will preempt the
+task (unless preemption is disabled) as soon as it is ready to run, even if the
+task has not used up its entire timeslice.
+
+.. index:: manual round robin
+
+Manual Round-Robin
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The final mechanism for altering the RTEMS scheduling algorithm is called
+manual round-robin.  Manual round-robin is invoked by using
+the ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive with a time interval of
+``RTEMS_YIELD_PROCESSOR``.  This allows a task to give up the processor and be
+immediately returned to the ready chain at the end of its priority group.  If
+no other tasks of the same priority are ready to run, then the task does not
+lose control of the processor.
+
+.. index:: dispatching
+
+Dispatching Tasks
+-----------------
+
+The dispatcher is the RTEMS component responsible for allocating the processor
+to a ready task.  In order to allocate the processor to one task, it must be
+deallocated or retrieved from the task currently using it.  This involves a
+concept called a context switch.  To perform a context switch, the dispatcher
+saves the context of the current task and restores the context of the task
+which has been allocated to the processor.  Saving and restoring a task's
+context is the storing/loading of all the essential information about a task to
+enable it to continue execution without any effects of the interruption.  For
+example, the contents of a task's register set must be the same when it is
+given the processor as they were when it was taken away.  All of the
+information that must be saved or restored for a context switch is located
+either in the TCB or on the task's stacks.
+
+Tasks that utilize a numeric coprocessor and are created with the
+``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` attribute require additional operations during a
+context switch.  These additional operations are necessary to save and restore
+the floating point context of ``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` tasks.  To avoid
+unnecessary save and restore operations, the state of the numeric coprocessor
+is only saved when a ``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` task is dispatched and that task
+was not the last task to utilize the coprocessor.
+
+.. index:: task state transitions
+
+Task State Transitions
+----------------------
+
+Tasks in an RTEMS system must always be in one of the five allowable task
+states.  These states are: executing, ready, blocked, dormant, and
+non-existent.
+
+A task occupies the non-existent state before a ``rtems_task_create`` has been
+issued on its behalf.  A task enters the non-existent state from any other
+state in the system when it is deleted with the ``rtems_task_delete``
+directive.  While a task occupies this state it does not have a TCB or a task
+ID assigned to it; therefore, no other tasks in the system may reference this
+task.
+
+When a task is created via the ``rtems_task_create`` directive, it enters the
+dormant state.  This state is not entered through any other means.  Although
+the task exists in the system, it cannot actively compete for system resources.
+It will remain in the dormant state until it is started via the
+``rtems_task_start`` directive, at which time it enters the ready state.  The
+task is now permitted to be scheduled for the processor and to compete for
+other system resources.
+
+.. figure:: ../../images/c_user/states.png
+         :width: 70%
+         :align: center
+         :alt: Task State Transitions
+
+A task occupies the blocked state whenever it is unable to be scheduled to run.
+A running task may block itself or be blocked by other tasks in the system.
+The running task blocks itself through voluntary operations that cause the task
+to wait.  The only way a task can block a task other than itself is with the
+``rtems_task_suspend`` directive.  A task enters the blocked state due to any
+of the following conditions:
+
+- A task issues a ``rtems_task_suspend`` directive which blocks either itself
+  or another task in the system.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_barrier_wait`` directive.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_message_queue_receive`` directive with the
+  wait option, and the message queue is empty.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_event_receive`` directive with the wait
+  option, and the currently pending events do not satisfy the request.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_semaphore_obtain`` directive with the wait
+  option and the requested semaphore is unavailable.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive which blocks
+  the task for the given time interval.  If the time interval specified is
+  zero, the task yields the processor and remains in the ready state.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_task_wake_when`` directive which blocks the
+  task until the requested date and time arrives.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` directive and must
+  wait for the specified rate monotonic period to conclude.
+
+- The running task issues a ``rtems_region_get_segment`` directive with the
+  wait option and there is not an available segment large enough to satisfy the
+  task's request.
+
+A blocked task may also be suspended.  Therefore, both the suspension and the
+blocking condition must be removed before the task becomes ready to run again.
+
+A task occupies the ready state when it is able to be scheduled to run, but
+currently does not have control of the processor.  Tasks of the same or higher
+priority will yield the processor by either becoming blocked, completing their
+timeslice, or being deleted.  All tasks with the same priority will execute in
+FIFO order.  A task enters the ready state due to any of the following
+conditions:
+
+- A running task issues a ``rtems_task_resume`` directive for a task that is
+  suspended and the task is not blocked waiting on any resource.
+
+- A running task issues a ``rtems_message_queue_send``,
+  ``rtems_message_queue_broadcast``, or a ``rtems_message_queue_urgent``
+  directive which posts a message to the queue on which the blocked task is
+  waiting.
+
+- A running task issues an ``rtems_event_send`` directive which sends an event
+  condition to a task that is blocked waiting on that event condition.
+
+- A running task issues a ``rtems_semaphore_release`` directive which releases
+  the semaphore on which the blocked task is waiting.
+
+- A timeout interval expires for a task which was blocked by a call to the
+  ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive.
+
+- A timeout period expires for a task which blocked by a call to the
+  ``rtems_task_wake_when`` directive.
+
+- A running task issues a ``rtems_region_return_segment`` directive which
+  releases a segment to the region on which the blocked task is waiting and a
+  resulting segment is large enough to satisfy the task's request.
+
+- A rate monotonic period expires for a task which blocked by a call to the
+  ``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` directive.
+
+- A timeout interval expires for a task which was blocked waiting on a message,
+  event, semaphore, or segment with a timeout specified.
+
+- A running task issues a directive which deletes a message queue, a semaphore,
+  or a region on which the blocked task is waiting.
+
+- A running task issues a ``rtems_task_restart`` directive for the blocked
+  task.
+
+- The running task, with its preemption mode enabled, may be made ready by
+  issuing any of the directives that may unblock a task with a higher priority.
+  This directive may be issued from the running task itself or from an ISR.  A
+  ready task occupies the executing state when it has control of the CPU.  A
+  task enters the executing state due to any of the following conditions:
+
+- The task is the highest priority ready task in the system.
+
+- The running task blocks and the task is next in the scheduling queue.  The
+  task may be of equal priority as in round-robin scheduling or the task may
+  possess the highest priority of the remaining ready tasks.
+
+- The running task may reenable its preemption mode and a task exists in the
+  ready queue that has a higher priority than the running task.
+
+- The running task lowers its own priority and another task is of higher
+  priority as a result.
+
+- The running task raises the priority of a task above its own and the running
+  task is in preemption mode.
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/directives.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/directives.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Directives
+==========
+
+This section details the scheduler manager.  A subsection is dedicated to each
+of these services and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,
+and status codes.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_ident:
+
+SCHEDULER_IDENT - Get ID of a scheduler
+---------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident(
+            rtems_name  name,
+            rtems_id   *id
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
+       - Invalid scheduler name.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Identifies a scheduler by its name.  The scheduler name is determined by
+    the scheduler configuration.  See :ref:`ConfigurationSchedulerTable`
+    and :ref:`CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_NAME`.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor:
+
+SCHEDULER_IDENT_BY_PROCESSOR - Get ID of a scheduler by processor
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor(
+            uint32_t  cpu_index,
+            rtems_id *id
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
+       - Invalid processor index.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
+       - The processor index is valid, however, this processor is not owned by
+         a scheduler.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Identifies a scheduler by a processor.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set:
+
+SCHEDULER_IDENT_BY_PROCESSOR_SET - Get ID of a scheduler by processor set
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set(
+            size_t           cpusetsize,
+            const cpu_set_t *cpuset,
+            rtems_id        *id
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_SIZE``
+       - Invalid processor set size.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
+       - The processor set contains no online processor.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
+       - The processor set is valid, however, the highest numbered online
+         processor in the specified processor set is not owned by a scheduler.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Identifies a scheduler by a processor set.  The scheduler is selected
+    according to the highest numbered online processor in the specified
+    processor set.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority:
+
+SCHEDULER_GET_MAXIMUM_PRIORITY - Get maximum task priority of a scheduler
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority(
+            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
+            rtems_task_priority *priority
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Returns the maximum task priority of the specified scheduler instance in
+    ``priority``.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix:
+
+SCHEDULER_MAP_PRIORITY_TO_POSIX - Map task priority to POSIX thread prority
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix(
+            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
+            rtems_task_priority  priority,
+            int                 *posix_priority
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``posix_priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_PRIORITY``
+       - Invalid task priority.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Maps a task priority to the corresponding POSIX thread priority.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix:
+
+SCHEDULER_MAP_PRIORITY_FROM_POSIX - Map POSIX thread prority to task priority
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix(
+            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
+            int                  posix_priority,
+            rtems_task_priority *priority
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_PRIORITY``
+       - Invalid POSIX thread priority.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Maps a POSIX thread priority to the corresponding task priority.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor:
+
+SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR - Get current processor index
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        uint32_t rtems_scheduler_get_processor( void );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    This directive returns the index of the current processor.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    In uniprocessor configurations, a value of zero will be returned.
+
+    In SMP configurations, an architecture specific method is used to obtain the
+    index of the current processor in the system.  The set of processor indices
+    is the range of integers starting with zero up to the processor count minus
+    one.
+
+    Outside of sections with disabled thread dispatching the current processor
+    index may change after every instruction since the thread may migrate from
+    one processor to another.  Sections with disabled interrupts are sections
+    with thread dispatching disabled.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum:
+
+SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR_MAXIMUM - Get processor maximum
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        uint32_t rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum( void );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    This directive returns the processor maximum supported by the system.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    In uniprocessor configurations, a value of one will be returned.
+
+    In SMP configurations, this directive returns the minimum of the processors
+    (physically or virtually) available by the platform and the configured
+    processor maximum.  Not all processors in the range from processor index
+    zero to the last processor index (which is the processor maximum minus one)
+    may be configured to be used by a scheduler or online (online processors
+    have a scheduler assigned).
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set:
+
+SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR_SET - Get processor set of a scheduler
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set(
+            rtems_id   scheduler_id,
+            size_t     cpusetsize,
+            cpu_set_t *cpuset
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
+       - The ``cpuset`` parameter is ``NULL``.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NUMBER``
+       - The processor set buffer is too small for the set of processors owned
+         by the scheduler instance.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Returns the processor set owned by the scheduler instance in ``cpuset``.  A
+    set bit in the processor set means that this processor is owned by the
+    scheduler instance and a cleared bit means the opposite.
+
+NOTES:
+    None.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_add_processor:
+
+SCHEDULER_ADD_PROCESSOR - Add processor to a scheduler
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_add_processor(
+            rtems_id scheduler_id,
+            uint32_t cpu_index
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_NOT_CONFIGURED``
+       - The processor is not configured to be used by the application.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
+       - The processor is configured to be used by the application, however, it
+         is not online.
+     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
+       - The processor is already assigned to a scheduler instance.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Adds a processor to the set of processors owned by the specified scheduler
+    instance.
+
+NOTES:
+    Must be called from task context.  This operation obtains and releases the
+    objects allocator lock.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   \clearpage
+
+.. _rtems_scheduler_remove_processor:
+
+SCHEDULER_REMOVE_PROCESSOR - Remove processor from a scheduler
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CALLING SEQUENCE:
+    .. code-block:: c
+
+        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_remove_processor(
+            rtems_id scheduler_id,
+            uint32_t cpu_index
+        );
+
+DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
+    .. list-table::
+     :class: rtems-table
+
+     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
+       - Successful operation.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
+       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
+     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NUMBER``
+       - The processor is not owned by the specified scheduler instance.
+     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
+       - The set of processors owned by the specified scheduler instance would
+         be empty after the processor removal and there exists a non-idle task
+         that uses this scheduler instance as its home scheduler instance.
+     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
+       - A task with a restricted processor affinity exists that uses this
+         scheduler instance as its home scheduler instance and it would be no
+         longer possible to allocate a processor for this task after the
+         removal of this processor.
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+    Removes a processor from set of processors owned by the specified scheduler
+    instance.
+
+NOTES:
+    Must be called from task context.  This operation obtains and releases the
+    objects allocator lock.  Removing a processor from a scheduler is a complex
+    operation that involves all tasks of the system.
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/index.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d06d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de)
+
+.. index:: scheduling
+.. index:: task scheduling
+
+.. _SchedulingConcepts:
+
+Scheduling Concepts
+*******************
+
+.. toctree::
+
+    introduction
+    background
+    uniprocessor-schedulers
+    smp-schedulers
+    directives
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/introduction.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/introduction.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92da6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/introduction.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The concept of scheduling in real-time systems dictates the ability to provide
+an immediate response to specific external events, particularly the necessity of
+scheduling tasks to run within a specified time limit after the occurrence of
+an event.  For example, software embedded in life-support systems used to
+monitor hospital patients must take instant action if a change in the patient's
+status is detected.
+
+The component of RTEMS responsible for providing this capability is
+appropriately called the scheduler.  The scheduler's sole purpose is to
+allocate the all important resource of processor time to the various tasks
+competing for attention.
+
+The directives provided by the scheduler manager are:
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_ident`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_get_processor`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_add_processor`
+
+- :ref:`rtems_scheduler_remove_processor`
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/smp-schedulers.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/smp-schedulers.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfab04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/smp-schedulers.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2011 Petr Benes
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+SMP Schedulers
+==============
+
+All SMP schedulers included in RTEMS are priority based.  The processors
+managed by a scheduler instance are allocated to the highest priority tasks
+allowed to run.
+
+.. _SchedulerSMPEDF:
+
+Earliest Deadline First SMP Scheduler
+-------------------------------------
+
+This is a job-level fixed-priority scheduler using the Earliest Deadline First
+(EDF) method.  By convention, the maximum priority level is
+:math:`min(INT\_MAX, 2^{62} - 1)` for background tasks.  Tasks without an
+active deadline are background tasks.  In case deadlines are not used, then the
+EDF scheduler behaves exactly like a fixed-priority scheduler.  The tasks with
+an active deadline have a higher priority than the background tasks.  This
+scheduler supports :ref:`task processor affinities <rtems_task_set_affinity>`
+of one-to-one and one-to-all, e.g.,  a task can execute on exactly one processor
+or all processors managed by the scheduler instance.  The processor affinity
+set of a task must contain all online processors to select the one-to-all
+affinity.  This is to avoid pathological cases if processors are added/removed
+to/from the scheduler instance at run-time.  In case the processor affinity set
+contains not all online processors, then a one-to-one affinity will be used
+selecting the processor with the largest index within the set of processors
+currently owned by the scheduler instance.  This scheduler algorithm supports
+:ref:`thread pinning <ThreadPinning>`.  The ready queues use a red-black tree
+with the task priority as the key.
+
+This scheduler algorithm is the default scheduler in SMP configurations if more
+than one processor is configured (:ref:`CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS
+<CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS>`).
+
+.. _SchedulerSMPPriority:
+
+Deterministic Priority SMP Scheduler
+------------------------------------
+
+A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a table of chains with one chain per
+priority level for the ready tasks.  The maximum priority level is
+configurable.  By default, the maximum priority level is 255 (256 priority
+levels).
+
+.. _SchedulerSMPPrioritySimple:
+
+Simple Priority SMP Scheduler
+-----------------------------
+
+A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a sorted chain for the ready tasks.  By
+convention, the maximum priority level is 255.  The implementation limit is
+actually :math:`2^{63} - 1`.
+
+.. _SchedulerSMPPriorityAffinity:
+
+Arbitrary Processor Affinity Priority SMP Scheduler
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a table of chains with one chain per
+priority level for the ready tasks.  The maximum priority level is
+configurable.  By default, the maximum priority level is 255 (256 priority
+levels).  This scheduler supports arbitrary task processor affinities.  The
+worst-case run-time complexity of some scheduler operations exceeds
+:math:`O(n)` while :math:`n` is the count of ready tasks.
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling-concepts/uniprocessor-schedulers.rst b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/uniprocessor-schedulers.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34969bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-user/scheduling-concepts/uniprocessor-schedulers.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2011 Petr Benes
+.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
+
+Uniprocessor Schedulers
+=======================
+
+All uniprocessor schedulers included in RTEMS are priority based.  The
+processor is allocated to the highest priority task allowed to run.
+
+.. _SchedulerPriority:
+
+Deterministic Priority Scheduler
+--------------------------------
+
+This is the scheduler implementation which has always been in RTEMS.  After the
+4.10 release series, it was factored into a pluggable scheduler selection.  It
+schedules tasks using a priority based algorithm which takes into account
+preemption.  It is implemented using an array of FIFOs with a FIFO per
+priority.  It maintains a bitmap which is used to track which priorities have
+ready tasks.
+
+This algorithm is deterministic (e.g., predictable and fixed) in execution time.
+This comes at the cost of using slightly over three (3) kilobytes of RAM on a
+system configured to support 256 priority levels.
+
+This scheduler is only aware of a single core.
+
+.. _SchedulerPrioritySimple:
+
+Simple Priority Scheduler
+-------------------------
+
+This scheduler implementation has the same behaviour as the Deterministic
+Priority Scheduler but uses only one linked list to manage all ready tasks.
+When a task is readied, a linear search of that linked list is performed to
+determine where to insert the newly readied task.
+
+This algorithm uses much less RAM than the Deterministic Priority Scheduler but
+is *O(n)* where *n* is the number of ready tasks.  In a small system with a
+small number of tasks, this will not be a performance issue.  Reducing RAM
+consumption is often critical in small systems that are incapable of
+supporting a large number of tasks.
+
+This scheduler is only aware of a single core.
+
+.. index:: earliest deadline first scheduling
+
+.. _SchedulerEDF:
+
+Earliest Deadline First Scheduler
+---------------------------------
+
+This is an alternative scheduler in RTEMS for single-core applications.  The
+primary EDF advantage is high total CPU utilization (theoretically up to
+100%). It assumes that tasks have priorities equal to deadlines.
+
+This EDF is initially preemptive, however, individual tasks may be declared
+not-preemptive. Deadlines are declared using only Rate Monotonic manager whose
+goal is to handle periodic behavior. Period is always equal to the deadline. All
+ready tasks reside in a single ready queue implemented using a red-black tree.
+
+This implementation of EDF schedules two different types of task priority types
+while each task may switch between the two types within its execution. If a
+task does have a deadline declared using the Rate Monotonic manager, the task
+is deadline-driven and its priority is equal to deadline.  On the contrary, if a
+task does not have any deadline or the deadline is cancelled using the Rate
+Monotonic manager, the task is considered a background task with priority equal
+to that assigned upon initialization in the same manner as for priority
+scheduler. Each background task is of lower importance than each
+deadline-driven one and is scheduled when no deadline-driven task and no higher
+priority background task is ready to run.
+
+Every deadline-driven scheduling algorithm requires means for tasks to claim a
+deadline.  The Rate Monotonic Manager is responsible for handling periodic
+execution. In RTEMS periods are equal to deadlines, thus if a task announces a
+period, it has to be finished until the end of this period. The call of
+``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` passes the scheduler the length of an oncoming
+deadline. Moreover, the ``rtems_rate_monotonic_cancel`` and
+``rtems_rate_monotonic_delete`` calls clear the deadlines assigned to the task.
+
+.. index:: constant bandwidth server scheduling
+
+.. _SchedulerCBS:
+
+Constant Bandwidth Server Scheduling (CBS)
+------------------------------------------
+
+This is an alternative scheduler in RTEMS for single-core applications.  The
+CBS is a budget aware extension of EDF scheduler. The main goal of this
+scheduler is to ensure temporal isolation of tasks meaning that a task's
+execution in terms of meeting deadlines must not be influenced by other tasks
+as if they were run on multiple independent processors.
+
+Each task can be assigned a server (current implementation supports only one
+task per server). The server is characterized by period (deadline) and
+computation time (budget). The ratio budget/period yields bandwidth, which is
+the fraction of CPU to be reserved by the scheduler for each subsequent period.
+
+The CBS is equipped with a set of rules applied to tasks attached to servers
+ensuring that deadline miss because of another task cannot occur.  In case a
+task breaks one of the rules, its priority is pulled to background until the
+end of its period and then restored again. The rules are:
+
+- Task cannot exceed its registered budget,
+
+- Task cannot be unblocked when a ratio between remaining budget and remaining
+  deadline is higher than declared bandwidth.
+
+The CBS provides an extensive API. Unlike EDF, the
+``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` does not declare a deadline because it is
+carried out using CBS API. This call only announces next period.
diff --git a/c-user/scheduling_concepts.rst b/c-user/scheduling_concepts.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d329bc4..0000000
--- a/c-user/scheduling_concepts.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
-
-.. Copyright (C) 2011 Petr Benes
-.. Copyright (C) 2010 Gedare Bloom
-.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
-
-.. index:: scheduling
-.. index:: task scheduling
-
-.. _SchedulingConcepts:
-
-Scheduling Concepts
-*******************
-
-Introduction
-============
-
-The concept of scheduling in real-time systems dictates the ability to provide
-an immediate response to specific external events, particularly the necessity of
-scheduling tasks to run within a specified time limit after the occurrence of
-an event.  For example, software embedded in life-support systems used to
-monitor hospital patients must take instant action if a change in the patient's
-status is detected.
-
-The component of RTEMS responsible for providing this capability is
-appropriately called the scheduler.  The scheduler's sole purpose is to
-allocate the all important resource of processor time to the various tasks
-competing for attention.
-
-The directives provided by the scheduler manager are:
-
-- rtems_scheduler_ident_ - Get ID of a scheduler
-
-- rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_ - Get ID of a scheduler by processor
-
-- rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set_ - Get ID of a scheduler by processor set
-
-- rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority_ - Get maximum task priority of a scheduler
-
-- rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix_ - Map task priority to POSIX thread
-  priority
-
-- rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix_ - Map POSIX thread priority to task
-  prority
-
-- rtems_scheduler_get_processor_ - Get current processor index
-
-- rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum_ - Get processor maximum
-
-- rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set_ - Get processor set of a scheduler
-
-- rtems_scheduler_add_processor_ - Add processor to a scheduler
-
-- rtems_scheduler_remove_processor_ - Remove processor from a scheduler
-
-.. index:: scheduling algorithms
-
-Scheduling Algorithms
----------------------
-
-RTEMS provides a plugin framework that allows it to support multiple
-scheduling algorithms. RTEMS includes multiple scheduling algorithms, and the
-user can select which of these they wish to use in their application at
-link-time.  In addition, the user can implement their own scheduling algorithm
-and configure RTEMS to use it.
-
-Supporting multiple scheduling algorithms gives the end user the option to
-select the algorithm which is most appropriate to their use case. Most
-real-time operating systems schedule tasks using a priority based algorithm,
-possibly with preemption control.  The classic RTEMS scheduling algorithm which
-was the only algorithm available in RTEMS 4.10 and earlier, is a fixed-priority
-scheduling algorithm.  This scheduling algorithm is suitable for uniprocessor
-(e.g., non-SMP) systems and is known as the *Deterministic Priority
-Scheduler*.  Unless the user configures another scheduling algorithm, RTEMS
-will use this on uniprocessor systems.
-
-.. index:: priority scheduling
-
-Priority Scheduling
--------------------
-
-When using priority based scheduling, RTEMS allocates the processor using a
-priority-based, preemptive algorithm augmented to provide round-robin
-characteristics within individual priority groups.  The goal of this algorithm
-is to guarantee that the task which is executing on the processor at any point
-in time is the one with the highest priority among all tasks in the ready
-state.
-
-When a task is added to the ready chain, it is placed behind all other tasks of
-the same priority.  This rule provides a round-robin within a priority group
-scheduling characteristic.  This means that in a group of equal priority tasks,
-tasks will execute in the order they become ready or FIFO order.  Even though
-there are ways to manipulate and adjust task priorities, the most important
-rule to remember is:
-
-.. note::
-
-  Priority based scheduling algorithms will always select the highest priority
-  task that is ready to run when allocating the processor to a task.
-
-Priority scheduling is the most commonly used scheduling algorithm.  It should
-be used by applications in which multiple tasks contend for CPU time or other
-resources, and there is a need to ensure certain tasks are given priority over
-other tasks.
-
-There are a few common methods of accomplishing the mechanics of this
-algorithm.  These ways involve a list or chain of tasks in the ready state.
-
-- The least efficient method is to randomly place tasks in the ready chain
-  forcing the scheduler to scan the entire chain to determine which task
-  receives the processor.
-
-- A more efficient method is to schedule the task by placing it in the proper
-  place on the ready chain based on the designated scheduling criteria at the
-  time it enters the ready state.  Thus, when the processor is free, the first
-  task on the ready chain is allocated the processor.
-
-- Another mechanism is to maintain a list of FIFOs per priority.  When a task
-  is readied, it is placed on the rear of the FIFO for its priority.  This
-  method is often used with a bitmap to assist in locating which FIFOs have
-  ready tasks on them.  This data structure has :math:`O(1)` insert, extract
-  and find highest ready run-time complexities.
-
-- A red-black tree may be used for the ready queue with the priority as the
-  key.  This data structure has :math:`O(log(n))` insert, extract and find
-  highest ready run-time complexities while :math:`n` is the count of tasks in
-  the ready queue.
-
-RTEMS currently includes multiple priority based scheduling algorithms as well
-as other algorithms that incorporate deadline.  Each algorithm is discussed in
-the following sections.
-
-Uniprocessor Schedulers
-=======================
-
-All uniprocessor schedulers included in RTEMS are priority based.  The
-processor is allocated to the highest priority task allowed to run.
-
-.. _SchedulerPriority:
-
-Deterministic Priority Scheduler
---------------------------------
-
-This is the scheduler implementation which has always been in RTEMS.  After the
-4.10 release series, it was factored into a pluggable scheduler selection.  It
-schedules tasks using a priority based algorithm which takes into account
-preemption.  It is implemented using an array of FIFOs with a FIFO per
-priority.  It maintains a bitmap which is used to track which priorities have
-ready tasks.
-
-This algorithm is deterministic (e.g., predictable and fixed) in execution time.
-This comes at the cost of using slightly over three (3) kilobytes of RAM on a
-system configured to support 256 priority levels.
-
-This scheduler is only aware of a single core.
-
-.. _SchedulerPrioritySimple:
-
-Simple Priority Scheduler
--------------------------
-
-This scheduler implementation has the same behaviour as the Deterministic
-Priority Scheduler but uses only one linked list to manage all ready tasks.
-When a task is readied, a linear search of that linked list is performed to
-determine where to insert the newly readied task.
-
-This algorithm uses much less RAM than the Deterministic Priority Scheduler but
-is *O(n)* where *n* is the number of ready tasks.  In a small system with a
-small number of tasks, this will not be a performance issue.  Reducing RAM
-consumption is often critical in small systems that are incapable of
-supporting a large number of tasks.
-
-This scheduler is only aware of a single core.
-
-.. index:: earliest deadline first scheduling
-
-.. _SchedulerEDF:
-
-Earliest Deadline First Scheduler
----------------------------------
-
-This is an alternative scheduler in RTEMS for single-core applications.  The
-primary EDF advantage is high total CPU utilization (theoretically up to
-100%). It assumes that tasks have priorities equal to deadlines.
-
-This EDF is initially preemptive, however, individual tasks may be declared
-not-preemptive. Deadlines are declared using only Rate Monotonic manager whose
-goal is to handle periodic behavior. Period is always equal to the deadline. All
-ready tasks reside in a single ready queue implemented using a red-black tree.
-
-This implementation of EDF schedules two different types of task priority types
-while each task may switch between the two types within its execution. If a
-task does have a deadline declared using the Rate Monotonic manager, the task
-is deadline-driven and its priority is equal to deadline.  On the contrary, if a
-task does not have any deadline or the deadline is cancelled using the Rate
-Monotonic manager, the task is considered a background task with priority equal
-to that assigned upon initialization in the same manner as for priority
-scheduler. Each background task is of lower importance than each
-deadline-driven one and is scheduled when no deadline-driven task and no higher
-priority background task is ready to run.
-
-Every deadline-driven scheduling algorithm requires means for tasks to claim a
-deadline.  The Rate Monotonic Manager is responsible for handling periodic
-execution. In RTEMS periods are equal to deadlines, thus if a task announces a
-period, it has to be finished until the end of this period. The call of
-``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` passes the scheduler the length of an oncoming
-deadline. Moreover, the ``rtems_rate_monotonic_cancel`` and
-``rtems_rate_monotonic_delete`` calls clear the deadlines assigned to the task.
-
-.. index:: constant bandwidth server scheduling
-
-.. _SchedulerCBS:
-
-Constant Bandwidth Server Scheduling (CBS)
-------------------------------------------
-
-This is an alternative scheduler in RTEMS for single-core applications.  The
-CBS is a budget aware extension of EDF scheduler. The main goal of this
-scheduler is to ensure temporal isolation of tasks meaning that a task's
-execution in terms of meeting deadlines must not be influenced by other tasks
-as if they were run on multiple independent processors.
-
-Each task can be assigned a server (current implementation supports only one
-task per server). The server is characterized by period (deadline) and
-computation time (budget). The ratio budget/period yields bandwidth, which is
-the fraction of CPU to be reserved by the scheduler for each subsequent period.
-
-The CBS is equipped with a set of rules applied to tasks attached to servers
-ensuring that deadline miss because of another task cannot occur.  In case a
-task breaks one of the rules, its priority is pulled to background until the
-end of its period and then restored again. The rules are:
-
-- Task cannot exceed its registered budget,
-
-- Task cannot be unblocked when a ratio between remaining budget and remaining
-  deadline is higher than declared bandwidth.
-
-The CBS provides an extensive API. Unlike EDF, the
-``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` does not declare a deadline because it is
-carried out using CBS API. This call only announces next period.
-
-SMP Schedulers
-==============
-
-All SMP schedulers included in RTEMS are priority based.  The processors
-managed by a scheduler instance are allocated to the highest priority tasks
-allowed to run.
-
-.. _SchedulerSMPEDF:
-
-Earliest Deadline First SMP Scheduler
--------------------------------------
-
-This is a job-level fixed-priority scheduler using the Earliest Deadline First
-(EDF) method.  By convention, the maximum priority level is
-:math:`min(INT\_MAX, 2^{62} - 1)` for background tasks.  Tasks without an
-active deadline are background tasks.  In case deadlines are not used, then the
-EDF scheduler behaves exactly like a fixed-priority scheduler.  The tasks with
-an active deadline have a higher priority than the background tasks.  This
-scheduler supports :ref:`task processor affinities <rtems_task_set_affinity>`
-of one-to-one and one-to-all, e.g.,  a task can execute on exactly one processor
-or all processors managed by the scheduler instance.  The processor affinity
-set of a task must contain all online processors to select the one-to-all
-affinity.  This is to avoid pathological cases if processors are added/removed
-to/from the scheduler instance at run-time.  In case the processor affinity set
-contains not all online processors, then a one-to-one affinity will be used
-selecting the processor with the largest index within the set of processors
-currently owned by the scheduler instance.  This scheduler algorithm supports
-:ref:`thread pinning <ThreadPinning>`.  The ready queues use a red-black tree
-with the task priority as the key.
-
-This scheduler algorithm is the default scheduler in SMP configurations if more
-than one processor is configured (:ref:`CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS
-<CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS>`).
-
-.. _SchedulerSMPPriority:
-
-Deterministic Priority SMP Scheduler
-------------------------------------
-
-A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a table of chains with one chain per
-priority level for the ready tasks.  The maximum priority level is
-configurable.  By default, the maximum priority level is 255 (256 priority
-levels).
-
-.. _SchedulerSMPPrioritySimple:
-
-Simple Priority SMP Scheduler
------------------------------
-
-A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a sorted chain for the ready tasks.  By
-convention, the maximum priority level is 255.  The implementation limit is
-actually :math:`2^{63} - 1`.
-
-.. _SchedulerSMPPriorityAffinity:
-
-Arbitrary Processor Affinity Priority SMP Scheduler
----------------------------------------------------
-
-A fixed-priority scheduler which uses a table of chains with one chain per
-priority level for the ready tasks.  The maximum priority level is
-configurable.  By default, the maximum priority level is 255 (256 priority
-levels).  This scheduler supports arbitrary task processor affinities.  The
-worst-case run-time complexity of some scheduler operations exceeds
-:math:`O(n)` while :math:`n` is the count of ready tasks.
-
-.. index:: scheduling mechanisms
-
-Scheduling Modification Mechanisms
-==================================
-
-RTEMS provides four mechanisms which allow the user to alter the task
-scheduling decisions:
-
-- user-selectable task priority level
-
-- task preemption control
-
-- task timeslicing control
-
-- manual round-robin selection
-
-Each of these methods provides a powerful capability to customize sets of tasks
-to satisfy the unique and particular requirements encountered in custom
-real-time applications.  Although each mechanism operates independently, there
-is a precedence relationship which governs the effects of scheduling
-modifications.  The evaluation order for scheduling characteristics is always
-priority, preemption mode, and timeslicing.  When reading the descriptions of
-timeslicing and manual round-robin it is important to keep in mind that
-preemption (if enabled) of a task by higher priority tasks will occur as
-required, overriding the other factors presented in the description.
-
-.. index:: task priority
-
-Task Priority and Scheduling
-----------------------------
-
-The most significant task scheduling modification mechanism is the ability for
-the user to assign a priority level to each individual task when it is created
-and to alter a task's priority at run-time.  The maximum priority level depends
-on the configured scheduler.  A lower priority level means higher priority
-(higher importance).  The maximum priority level of the default uniprocessor
-scheduler is 255.
-
-.. index:: preemption
-
-Preemption
-----------
-
-Another way the user can alter the basic scheduling algorithm is by
-manipulating the preemption mode flag (``RTEMS_PREEMPT_MASK``) of individual
-tasks.  If preemption is disabled for a task (``RTEMS_NO_PREEMPT``), then the
-task will not relinquish control of the processor until it terminates, blocks,
-or re-enables preemption.  Even tasks which become ready to run and possess
-higher priority levels will not be allowed to execute.  Note that the
-preemption setting has no effect on the manner in which a task is scheduled.
-It only applies once a task has control of the processor.
-
-.. index:: timeslicing
-.. index:: round robin scheduling
-
-Timeslicing
------------
-
-Timeslicing or round-robin scheduling is an additional method which can be used
-to alter the basic scheduling algorithm.  Like preemption, timeslicing is
-specified on a task by task basis using the timeslicing mode flag
-(``RTEMS_TIMESLICE_MASK``).  If timeslicing is enabled for a task
-(``RTEMS_TIMESLICE``), then RTEMS will limit the amount of time the task can
-execute before the processor is allocated to another task.  Each tick of the
-real-time clock reduces the currently running task's timeslice.  When the
-execution time equals the timeslice, RTEMS will dispatch another task of the
-same priority to execute.  If there are no other tasks of the same priority
-ready to execute, then the current task is allocated an additional timeslice
-and continues to run.  Remember that a higher priority task will preempt the
-task (unless preemption is disabled) as soon as it is ready to run, even if the
-task has not used up its entire timeslice.
-
-.. index:: manual round robin
-
-Manual Round-Robin
-------------------
-
-The final mechanism for altering the RTEMS scheduling algorithm is called
-manual round-robin.  Manual round-robin is invoked by using
-the ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive with a time interval of
-``RTEMS_YIELD_PROCESSOR``.  This allows a task to give up the processor and be
-immediately returned to the ready chain at the end of its priority group.  If
-no other tasks of the same priority are ready to run, then the task does not
-lose control of the processor.
-
-.. index:: dispatching
-
-Dispatching Tasks
-=================
-
-The dispatcher is the RTEMS component responsible for allocating the processor
-to a ready task.  In order to allocate the processor to one task, it must be
-deallocated or retrieved from the task currently using it.  This involves a
-concept called a context switch.  To perform a context switch, the dispatcher
-saves the context of the current task and restores the context of the task
-which has been allocated to the processor.  Saving and restoring a task's
-context is the storing/loading of all the essential information about a task to
-enable it to continue execution without any effects of the interruption.  For
-example, the contents of a task's register set must be the same when it is
-given the processor as they were when it was taken away.  All of the
-information that must be saved or restored for a context switch is located
-either in the TCB or on the task's stacks.
-
-Tasks that utilize a numeric coprocessor and are created with the
-``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` attribute require additional operations during a
-context switch.  These additional operations are necessary to save and restore
-the floating point context of ``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` tasks.  To avoid
-unnecessary save and restore operations, the state of the numeric coprocessor
-is only saved when a ``RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT`` task is dispatched and that task
-was not the last task to utilize the coprocessor.
-
-.. index:: task state transitions
-
-Task State Transitions
-======================
-
-Tasks in an RTEMS system must always be in one of the five allowable task
-states.  These states are: executing, ready, blocked, dormant, and
-non-existent.
-
-A task occupies the non-existent state before a ``rtems_task_create`` has been
-issued on its behalf.  A task enters the non-existent state from any other
-state in the system when it is deleted with the ``rtems_task_delete``
-directive.  While a task occupies this state it does not have a TCB or a task
-ID assigned to it; therefore, no other tasks in the system may reference this
-task.
-
-When a task is created via the ``rtems_task_create`` directive, it enters the
-dormant state.  This state is not entered through any other means.  Although
-the task exists in the system, it cannot actively compete for system resources.
-It will remain in the dormant state until it is started via the
-``rtems_task_start`` directive, at which time it enters the ready state.  The
-task is now permitted to be scheduled for the processor and to compete for
-other system resources.
-
-.. figure:: ../images/c_user/states.png
-         :width: 70%
-         :align: center
-         :alt: Task State Transitions
-
-A task occupies the blocked state whenever it is unable to be scheduled to run.
-A running task may block itself or be blocked by other tasks in the system.
-The running task blocks itself through voluntary operations that cause the task
-to wait.  The only way a task can block a task other than itself is with the
-``rtems_task_suspend`` directive.  A task enters the blocked state due to any
-of the following conditions:
-
-- A task issues a ``rtems_task_suspend`` directive which blocks either itself
-  or another task in the system.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_barrier_wait`` directive.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_message_queue_receive`` directive with the
-  wait option, and the message queue is empty.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_event_receive`` directive with the wait
-  option, and the currently pending events do not satisfy the request.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_semaphore_obtain`` directive with the wait
-  option and the requested semaphore is unavailable.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive which blocks
-  the task for the given time interval.  If the time interval specified is
-  zero, the task yields the processor and remains in the ready state.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_task_wake_when`` directive which blocks the
-  task until the requested date and time arrives.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` directive and must
-  wait for the specified rate monotonic period to conclude.
-
-- The running task issues a ``rtems_region_get_segment`` directive with the
-  wait option and there is not an available segment large enough to satisfy the
-  task's request.
-
-A blocked task may also be suspended.  Therefore, both the suspension and the
-blocking condition must be removed before the task becomes ready to run again.
-
-A task occupies the ready state when it is able to be scheduled to run, but
-currently does not have control of the processor.  Tasks of the same or higher
-priority will yield the processor by either becoming blocked, completing their
-timeslice, or being deleted.  All tasks with the same priority will execute in
-FIFO order.  A task enters the ready state due to any of the following
-conditions:
-
-- A running task issues a ``rtems_task_resume`` directive for a task that is
-  suspended and the task is not blocked waiting on any resource.
-
-- A running task issues a ``rtems_message_queue_send``,
-  ``rtems_message_queue_broadcast``, or a ``rtems_message_queue_urgent``
-  directive which posts a message to the queue on which the blocked task is
-  waiting.
-
-- A running task issues an ``rtems_event_send`` directive which sends an event
-  condition to a task that is blocked waiting on that event condition.
-
-- A running task issues a ``rtems_semaphore_release`` directive which releases
-  the semaphore on which the blocked task is waiting.
-
-- A timeout interval expires for a task which was blocked by a call to the
-  ``rtems_task_wake_after`` directive.
-
-- A timeout period expires for a task which blocked by a call to the
-  ``rtems_task_wake_when`` directive.
-
-- A running task issues a ``rtems_region_return_segment`` directive which
-  releases a segment to the region on which the blocked task is waiting and a
-  resulting segment is large enough to satisfy the task's request.
-
-- A rate monotonic period expires for a task which blocked by a call to the
-  ``rtems_rate_monotonic_period`` directive.
-
-- A timeout interval expires for a task which was blocked waiting on a message,
-  event, semaphore, or segment with a timeout specified.
-
-- A running task issues a directive which deletes a message queue, a semaphore,
-  or a region on which the blocked task is waiting.
-
-- A running task issues a ``rtems_task_restart`` directive for the blocked
-  task.
-
-- The running task, with its preemption mode enabled, may be made ready by
-  issuing any of the directives that may unblock a task with a higher priority.
-  This directive may be issued from the running task itself or from an ISR.  A
-  ready task occupies the executing state when it has control of the CPU.  A
-  task enters the executing state due to any of the following conditions:
-
-- The task is the highest priority ready task in the system.
-
-- The running task blocks and the task is next in the scheduling queue.  The
-  task may be of equal priority as in round-robin scheduling or the task may
-  possess the highest priority of the remaining ready tasks.
-
-- The running task may reenable its preemption mode and a task exists in the
-  ready queue that has a higher priority than the running task.
-
-- The running task lowers its own priority and another task is of higher
-  priority as a result.
-
-- The running task raises the priority of a task above its own and the running
-  task is in preemption mode.
-
-Directives
-==========
-
-This section details the scheduler manager.  A subsection is dedicated to each
-of these services and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,
-and status codes.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_ident:
-
-SCHEDULER_IDENT - Get ID of a scheduler
----------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident(
-            rtems_name  name,
-            rtems_id   *id
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
-       - Invalid scheduler name.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Identifies a scheduler by its name.  The scheduler name is determined by
-    the scheduler configuration.  See :ref:`ConfigurationSchedulerTable`
-    and :ref:`CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_NAME`.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor:
-
-SCHEDULER_IDENT_BY_PROCESSOR - Get ID of a scheduler by processor
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor(
-            uint32_t  cpu_index,
-            rtems_id *id
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
-       - Invalid processor index.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
-       - The processor index is valid, however, this processor is not owned by
-         a scheduler.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Identifies a scheduler by a processor.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set:
-
-SCHEDULER_IDENT_BY_PROCESSOR_SET - Get ID of a scheduler by processor set
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_ident_by_processor_set(
-            size_t           cpusetsize,
-            const cpu_set_t *cpuset,
-            rtems_id        *id
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``id`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_SIZE``
-       - Invalid processor set size.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NAME``
-       - The processor set contains no online processor.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
-       - The processor set is valid, however, the highest numbered online
-         processor in the specified processor set is not owned by a scheduler.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Identifies a scheduler by a processor set.  The scheduler is selected
-    according to the highest numbered online processor in the specified
-    processor set.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority:
-
-SCHEDULER_GET_MAXIMUM_PRIORITY - Get maximum task priority of a scheduler
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_get_maximum_priority(
-            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
-            rtems_task_priority *priority
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Returns the maximum task priority of the specified scheduler instance in
-    ``priority``.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix:
-
-SCHEDULER_MAP_PRIORITY_TO_POSIX - Map task priority to POSIX thread prority
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_map_priority_to_posix(
-            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
-            rtems_task_priority  priority,
-            int                 *posix_priority
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``posix_priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_PRIORITY``
-       - Invalid task priority.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Maps a task priority to the corresponding POSIX thread priority.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix:
-
-SCHEDULER_MAP_PRIORITY_FROM_POSIX - Map POSIX thread prority to task priority
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_map_priority_from_posix(
-            rtems_id             scheduler_id,
-            int                  posix_priority,
-            rtems_task_priority *priority
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``priority`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_PRIORITY``
-       - Invalid POSIX thread priority.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Maps a POSIX thread priority to the corresponding task priority.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor:
-
-SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR - Get current processor index
------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        uint32_t rtems_scheduler_get_processor( void );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    This directive returns the index of the current processor.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    In uniprocessor configurations, a value of zero will be returned.
-
-    In SMP configurations, an architecture specific method is used to obtain the
-    index of the current processor in the system.  The set of processor indices
-    is the range of integers starting with zero up to the processor count minus
-    one.
-
-    Outside of sections with disabled thread dispatching the current processor
-    index may change after every instruction since the thread may migrate from
-    one processor to another.  Sections with disabled interrupts are sections
-    with thread dispatching disabled.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum:
-
-SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR_MAXIMUM - Get processor maximum
--------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        uint32_t rtems_scheduler_get_processor_maximum( void );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    This directive returns the processor maximum supported by the system.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    In uniprocessor configurations, a value of one will be returned.
-
-    In SMP configurations, this directive returns the minimum of the processors
-    (physically or virtually) available by the platform and the configured
-    processor maximum.  Not all processors in the range from processor index
-    zero to the last processor index (which is the processor maximum minus one)
-    may be configured to be used by a scheduler or online (online processors
-    have a scheduler assigned).
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set:
-
-SCHEDULER_GET_PROCESSOR_SET - Get processor set of a scheduler
---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_get_processor_set(
-            rtems_id   scheduler_id,
-            size_t     cpusetsize,
-            cpu_set_t *cpuset
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ADDRESS``
-       - The ``cpuset`` parameter is ``NULL``.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NUMBER``
-       - The processor set buffer is too small for the set of processors owned
-         by the scheduler instance.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Returns the processor set owned by the scheduler instance in ``cpuset``.  A
-    set bit in the processor set means that this processor is owned by the
-    scheduler instance and a cleared bit means the opposite.
-
-NOTES:
-    None.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_add_processor:
-
-SCHEDULER_ADD_PROCESSOR - Add processor to a scheduler
-------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_add_processor(
-            rtems_id scheduler_id,
-            uint32_t cpu_index
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_NOT_CONFIGURED``
-       - The processor is not configured to be used by the application.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INCORRECT_STATE``
-       - The processor is configured to be used by the application, however, it
-         is not online.
-     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
-       - The processor is already assigned to a scheduler instance.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Adds a processor to the set of processors owned by the specified scheduler
-    instance.
-
-NOTES:
-    Must be called from task context.  This operation obtains and releases the
-    objects allocator lock.
-
-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \clearpage
-
-.. _rtems_scheduler_remove_processor:
-
-SCHEDULER_REMOVE_PROCESSOR - Remove processor from a scheduler
---------------------------------------------------------------
-
-CALLING SEQUENCE:
-    .. code-block:: c
-
-        rtems_status_code rtems_scheduler_remove_processor(
-            rtems_id scheduler_id,
-            uint32_t cpu_index
-        );
-
-DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES:
-    .. list-table::
-     :class: rtems-table
-
-     * - ``RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL``
-       - Successful operation.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_ID``
-       - Invalid scheduler instance identifier.
-     * - ``RTEMS_INVALID_NUMBER``
-       - The processor is not owned by the specified scheduler instance.
-     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
-       - The set of processors owned by the specified scheduler instance would
-         be empty after the processor removal and there exists a non-idle task
-         that uses this scheduler instance as its home scheduler instance.
-     * - ``RTEMS_RESOURCE_IN_USE``
-       - A task with a restricted processor affinity exists that uses this
-         scheduler instance as its home scheduler instance and it would be no
-         longer possible to allocate a processor for this task after the
-         removal of this processor.
-
-DESCRIPTION:
-    Removes a processor from set of processors owned by the specified scheduler
-    instance.
-
-NOTES:
-    Must be called from task context.  This operation obtains and releases the
-    objects allocator lock.  Removing a processor from a scheduler is a complex
-    operation that involves all tasks of the system.