Signed-off-by: Christophe Milard <christophe.mil...@linaro.org>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischo...@linaro.org>
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doc/glossary.adoc | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/glossary.adoc b/doc/glossary.adoc
index 8e514ee..becaf16 100644
--- a/doc/glossary.adoc
+++ b/doc/glossary.adoc
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ 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 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. In a Linux
+ environment an ODP thread can be either a Linux process or a linux thread.
+ In both cases, a linux process (or thread) is said to be an ODP thread if
+ its PID is a descendant of the ODP instantiation process.
event::
An event is a notification that can be placed in a queue.
queue::
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2.5.0
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