doc: smp: use doxygen references
Use :c:func:`..`` where possible to reference documented APIs Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ semaphores used to implement blocking mutual exclusion continue to be
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a proper application choice.
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At the lowest level, however, Zephyr code has often used the
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``irq_lock()``/``irq_unlock()`` primitives to implement fine grained
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:c:func:`irq_lock`/:c:func:`irq_unlock` primitives to implement fine grained
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critical sections using interrupt masking. These APIs continue to
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work via an emulation layer (see below), but the masking technique
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does not: the fact that your CPU will not be interrupted while you are
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@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ data!
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Spinlocks
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=========
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SMP systems provide a more constrained ``k_spin_lock()`` primitive
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that not only masks interrupts locally, as done by ``irq_lock()``, but
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SMP systems provide a more constrained :c:func:`k_spin_lock` primitive
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that not only masks interrupts locally, as done by :c:func:`irq_lock`, but
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also atomically validates that a shared lock variable has been
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modified before returning to the caller, "spinning" on the check if
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needed to wait for the other CPU to exit the lock. The default Zephyr
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implementation of ``k_spin_lock()`` and ``k_spin_unlock()`` is built
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on top of the pre-existing ``atomic_t`` layer (itself usually
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implementation of :c:func:`k_spin_lock` and :c:func:`k_spin_unlock` is built
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on top of the pre-existing :c:struct:`atomic_` layer (itself usually
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implemented using compiler intrinsics), though facilities exist for
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architectures to define their own for performance reasons.
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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Legacy irq_lock() emulation
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===========================
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For the benefit of applications written to the uniprocessor locking
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API, ``irq_lock()`` and ``irq_unlock()`` continue to work compatibly on
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API, :c:func:`irq_lock` and :c:func:`irq_unlock` continue to work compatibly on
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SMP systems with identical semantics to their legacy versions. They
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are implemented as a single global spinlock, with a nesting count and
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the ability to be atomically reacquired on context switch into locked
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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ release to happen.
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The overhead involved in this process has measurable performance
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impact, however. Unlike uniprocessor apps, SMP apps using
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``irq_lock()`` are not simply invoking a very short (often ~1
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:c:func:`irq_lock` are not simply invoking a very short (often ~1
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instruction) interrupt masking operation. That, and the fact that the
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IRQ lock is global, means that code expecting to be run in an SMP
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context should be using the spinlock API wherever possible.
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@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ kconfig variable, which can associate a specific set of CPUs with each
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thread, indicating on which CPUs it can run.
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By default, new threads can run on any CPU. Calling
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``k_thread_cpu_mask_disable()`` with a particular CPU ID will prevent
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:c:func:`k_thread_cpu_mask_disable` with a particular CPU ID will prevent
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that thread from running on that CPU in the future. Likewise
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``k_thread_cpu_mask_enable()`` will re-enable execution. There are also
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``k_thread_cpu_mask_clear()`` and ``k_thread_cpu_mask_enable_all()`` APIs
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:c:func:`k_thread_cpu_mask_enable` will re-enable execution. There are also
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:c:func:`k_thread_cpu_mask_clear` and :c:func:`k_thread_cpu_mask_enable_all` APIs
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available for convenience. For obvious reasons, these APIs are
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illegal if called on a runnable thread. The thread must be blocked or
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suspended, otherwise an ``-EINVAL`` will be returned.
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@ -129,25 +129,25 @@ Auxiliary CPUs begin in a disabled state in the architecture layer.
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All standard kernel initialization, including device initialization,
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happens on a single CPU before other CPUs are brought online.
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Just before entering the application ``main()`` function, the kernel
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calls ``z_smp_init()`` to launch the SMP initialization process. This
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Just before entering the application :c:func:`main` function, the kernel
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calls :c:func:`z_smp_init` to launch the SMP initialization process. This
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enumerates over the configured CPUs, calling into the architecture
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layer using ``arch_start_cpu()`` for each one. This function is
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layer using :c:func:`arch_start_cpu` for each one. This function is
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passed a memory region to use as a stack on the foreign CPU (in
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practice it uses the area that will become that CPU's interrupt
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stack), the address of a local ``smp_init_top()`` callback function to
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stack), the address of a local :c:func:`smp_init_top` callback function to
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run on that CPU, and a pointer to a "start flag" address which will be
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used as an atomic signal.
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The local SMP initialization (``smp_init_top()``) on each CPU is then
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The local SMP initialization (:c:func:`smp_init_top`) on each CPU is then
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invoked by the architecture layer. Note that interrupts are still
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masked at this point. This routine is responsible for calling
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``smp_timer_init()`` to set up any needed stat in the timer driver. On
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:c:func:`smp_timer_init` to set up any needed stat in the timer driver. On
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many architectures the timer is a per-CPU device and needs to be
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configured specially on auxiliary CPUs. Then it waits (spinning) for
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the atomic "start flag" to be released in the main thread, to
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guarantee that all SMP initialization is complete before any Zephyr
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application code runs, and finally calls ``z_swap()`` to transfer
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application code runs, and finally calls :c:func:`z_swap` to transfer
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control to the appropriate runnable thread via the standard scheduler
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API.
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case that state modified on the local CPU needs to be synchronously
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handled on a different processor.
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One example is the Zephyr ``k_thread_abort()`` API, which cannot return
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One example is the Zephyr :c:func:`k_thread_abort` API, which cannot return
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until the thread that had been aborted is no longer runnable. If it
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is currently running on another CPU, that becomes difficult to
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implement.
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So where possible, Zephyr SMP architectures should implement an
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interprocessor interrupt. The current framework is very simple: the
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architecture provides a ``arch_sched_ipi()`` call, which when invoked
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architecture provides a :c:func:`arch_sched_ipi` call, which when invoked
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will flag an interrupt on all CPUs (except the current one, though
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that is allowed behavior) which will then invoke the ``z_sched_ipi()``
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that is allowed behavior) which will then invoke the :c:func:`z_sched_ipi`
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function implemented in the scheduler. The expectation is that these
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APIs will evolve over time to encompass more functionality
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(e.g. cross-CPU calls), and that the scheduler-specific calls here
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Zephyr provides fallback behavior that is correct, but perhaps
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suboptimal.
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Using this, ``k_thread_abort()`` becomes only slightly more
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Using this, :c:func:`k_thread_abort` becomes only slightly more
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complicated in SMP: for the case where a thread is actually running on
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another CPU (we can detect this atomically inside the scheduler), we
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broadcast an IPI and spin, waiting for the thread to either become
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needs to be created and assigned for each physical CPU, as does the
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interrupt nesting count used to detect ISR state.
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These fields are now moved into a separate ``struct _cpu`` instance
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within the ``_kernel`` struct, which has a ``cpus[]`` array indexed by ID.
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These fields are now moved into a separate struct :c:struct:`_cpu` instance
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within the :c:struct:`_kernel` struct, which has a ``cpus[]`` array indexed by ID.
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Compatibility fields are provided for legacy uniprocessor code trying
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to access the fields of ``cpus[0]`` using the older syntax and assembly
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offsets.
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Note that an important requirement on the architecture layer is that
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the pointer to this CPU struct be available rapidly when in kernel
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context. The expectation is that ``arch_curr_cpu()`` will be
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context. The expectation is that :c:func:`arch_curr_cpu` will be
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implemented using a CPU-provided register or addressing mode that can
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store this value across arbitrary context switches or interrupts and
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make it available to any kernel-mode code.
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Switch-based context switching
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==============================
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The traditional Zephyr context switch primitive has been ``z_swap()``.
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The traditional Zephyr context switch primitive has been :c:func:`z_swap`.
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Unfortunately, this function takes no argument specifying a thread to
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switch to. The expectation has always been that the scheduler has
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already made its preemption decision when its state was last modified
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with the swap call, and as we don't want per-architecture assembly
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code to be handling scheduler internal state, Zephyr requires a
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somewhat lower-level context switch primitives for SMP systems:
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``arch_switch()`` is always called with interrupts masked, and takes
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:c:func:`arch_switch` is always called with interrupts masked, and takes
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exactly two arguments. The first is an opaque (architecture defined)
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handle to the context to which it should switch, and the second is a
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pointer to such a handle into which it should store the handle
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resulting from the thread that is being switched out.
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The kernel then implements a portable ``z_swap()`` implementation on top
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The kernel then implements a portable :c:func:`z_swap` implementation on top
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of this primitive which includes the relevant scheduler logic in a
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location where the architecture doesn't need to understand it.
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Similarly, on interrupt exit, switch-based architectures are expected
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to call ``z_get_next_switch_handle()`` to retrieve the next thread to
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to call :c:func:`z_get_next_switch_handle` to retrieve the next thread to
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run from the scheduler, passing in an "interrupted" handle reflecting
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the same opaque type used by switch, which the kernel will then save
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in the interrupted thread struct.
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Note that while SMP requires :option:`CONFIG_USE_SWITCH`, the reverse is not
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true. A uniprocessor architecture built with :option:`CONFIG_SMP` = n might
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true. A uniprocessor architecture built with :option:`CONFIG_SMP` set to No might
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still decide to implement its context switching using
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``arch_switch()``.
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:c:func:`arch_switch`.
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