[rtems-docs commit] Do not mention obsolete Giant lock

Sebastian Huber sebh at rtems.org
Mon Dec 19 13:47:14 UTC 2016


Module:    rtems-docs
Branch:    master
Commit:    09078e0e51531f3b8e166506bdf4719f5ff78717
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=09078e0e51531f3b8e166506bdf4719f5ff78717

Author:    Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>
Date:      Mon Dec 19 14:46:33 2016 +0100

Do not mention obsolete Giant lock

Close #2555.

---

 c-user/glossary.rst | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/c-user/glossary.rst b/c-user/glossary.rst
index 694cd7a..c482f08 100644
--- a/c-user/glossary.rst
+++ b/c-user/glossary.rst
@@ -201,11 +201,6 @@ Glossary
 :dfn:`freed`
     A resource that has been released by the application to RTEMS.
 
-:dfn:`Giant lock`
-    The :dfn:`Giant lock` is a recursive SMP lock protecting most parts of the
-    operating system state.  Virtually every operating system service must
-    acquire and release the Giant lock during its operation.
-
 :dfn:`global`
     An object that has been created with the GLOBAL attribute and exported to
     all nodes in a multiprocessor system.




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