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| author | Mike Holmes <mike.holmes@linaro.org> | 2016-01-05 12:34:33 -0500 |
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| committer | Mike Holmes <mike.holmes@linaro.org> | 2016-01-07 11:13:14 -0500 |
| commit | db3656ee41116c40e98c95381f229217b91ef70d (patch) | |
| tree | 44ec54bf00d7742a9009064129ec5c6f9e522513 /doc/glossary.adoc | |
| parent | 15e594c9ae9e07851cb311f61bf1e17162df4c3d (diff) | |
doc: factor out the glossary
Signed-off-by: Mike Holmes <mike.holmes@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Holmes <mike.holmes@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/doc/glossary.adoc b/doc/glossary.adoc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e514eed2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glossary.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +== Glossary +[glossary] +worker thread:: + A worker is a type of ODP thread. It will usually be isolated from + the scheduling of any host operating system and is intended for fast-path + processing with a low and predictable latency. Worker threads will not + generally receive interrupts and will run to completion. +control thread:: + A control thread is a type of ODP thread. It will be isolated from the host + operating system house keeping tasks but will be scheduled by it and may + receive interrupts. +thread:: + An ODP thread is a flow of execution that in a Linux environment could be + a Linux process or thread. +event:: + An event is a notification that can be placed in a queue. +queue:: + A communication channel that holds events |