@@ -9,9 +9,24 @@ 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.
+ODP instantiation process::
+ The process calling +odp_init_global()+, which is probably the
+ first process which is started when an ODP application is started.
+ There is one single such process per ODP instantiation.
thread::
- An ODP thread is a flow of execution that in a Linux environment could be
- a Linux process or thread.
+ The word thread (without any further specification) refers to an ODP
+ thread.
+ODP thread::
+ An ODP thread is a flow of execution that belongs to ODP:
+ Any "flow of execution" (i.e. OS process or OS thread) calling
+ +odp_init_global()+, or +odp_init_local()+ becomes an ODP thread.
+ This definition currently limits the number of ODP instances on a given
+ machine to one. In the future +odp_init_global()+ will return something
+ like an ODP instance reference and +odp_init_local()+ will take such
+ a reference in parameter, allowing threads to join any running ODP instance.
+ Note that, in a Linux environment an ODP thread can be either a Linux
+ process or a linux thread (i.e. a linux process calling +odp_init_local()+
+ will be referred as ODP thread, not ODP process).
event::
An event is a notification that can be placed in a queue.
queue::
Signed-off-by: Christophe Milard <christophe.milard@linaro.org> --- doc/glossary.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)