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diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst index aab9601..2fa7e98 100644 --- a/c-user/glossary.rst +++ b/c-user/glossary.rst @@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ Glossary target The system on which the application will ultimately execute. + TAS + An acronym for Test-And-Set. + task thread A logically complete thread of execution. It consists normally of a set @@ -741,6 +744,9 @@ Glossary missed. Rate Monotonic Scheduling can be used to determine if all deadlines will be met under transient overload. + TTAS + An acronym for Test and Test-And-Set. + user extensions Software routines provided by the application to enhance the functionality of RTEMS. diff --git a/c-user/symmetric_multiprocessing_services.rst b/c-user/symmetric_multiprocessing_services.rst index 51d4eff..01246ae 100644 --- a/c-user/symmetric_multiprocessing_services.rst +++ b/c-user/symmetric_multiprocessing_services.rst @@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ variables, Updates of the heir thread are done via a normal store operation. The thread dispatch necessary indicator of another processor is set as a side-effect of an inter-processor interrupt. So, this change notification works without the use -of locks. The thread context is protected by a TTAS lock embedded in the -context to ensure that it is used on at most one processor at a time. +of locks. The thread context is protected by a :term:`TTAS` lock embedded in +the context to ensure that it is used on at most one processor at a time. Normally, only thread-specific or per-processor locks are used during a thread dispatch. This implementation turned out to be quite efficient and no lock contention was observed in the testsuite. The heavy-weight thread dispatch |