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include: linker: improve documentation of app shared mem symbols

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This commit adds minor improvements to the documentation of the
linker symbols related to Application Shared Memory.

Signed-off-by: Ioannis Glaropoulos <Ioannis.Glaropoulos@nordicsemi.no>
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Ioannis Glaropoulos 2018-11-06 11:46:05 +01:00 • committed by Carles Cufí
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include/linker/linker-defs.h
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@ -172,9 +172,15 @@ GDATA(__data_num_words)
#include <zephyr/types.h> #include <zephyr/types.h>
/* /*
* The following are externs symbols from the linker. This enables * Memory owned by the kernel, to be used as shared memory between
* application threads.
*
* The following are extern symbols from the linker. This enables
* the dynamic k_mem_domain and k_mem_partition creation and alignment * the dynamic k_mem_domain and k_mem_partition creation and alignment
* to the section produced in the linker. * to the section produced in the linker.
* The policy for this memory will be to initially configure all of it as
* kernel / supervisor thread accessible.
*/ */
extern char _app_smem_start[]; extern char _app_smem_start[];
extern char _app_smem_end[]; extern char _app_smem_end[];
@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ extern char __app_ram_size[];
#endif #endif
/* Memory owned by the kernel. Start and end will be aligned for memory /* Memory owned by the kernel. Start and end will be aligned for memory
* management/protection hardware for the target architecture.. * management/protection hardware for the target architecture.
* *
* Consists of all kernel-side globals, all kernel objects, all thread stacks, * Consists of all kernel-side globals, all kernel objects, all thread stacks,
* and all currently unused RAM. If CONFIG_APPLICATION_MEMORY is not enabled, * and all currently unused RAM. If CONFIG_APPLICATION_MEMORY is not enabled,