[PATCH 10/12] smp: Optimize Simple SMP scheduler

[Sebastian Huber]

On 2013-08-14 17:41, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>> diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/thread.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/thread.h
>> >index d346ead..984bc0e 100644
>> >--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/thread.h
>> >+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/thread.h
>> >@@ -378,6 +378,16 @@ struct Thread_Control_struct {
>> >    bool                                  is_scheduled;
>> >
>> >    /**
>> >+   * @brief This field is true if the thread is in the air.
>> >+   *
>> >+   * A thread is in the air if it is in a transient state.  The extract
>> >+   * operation on a scheduled thread will produce threads in the air.  Such
>> >+   * threads are no longer on the scheduled chain, but are still allocated to a
>> >+   * processor.  The next enqueue or schedule operation will decide what to do.
>> >+   */
>> >+  bool                                  is_in_the_air;
>> >+
> At first I did not like this term "in the air" but I cannot think of a
> better term right now.
>

What about "is_transient"?  This state is produced by _Thread_Set_transient().

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