Commit 4f0b8d0d authored Feb 26, 2025 by Arrel Neumiller Committed by Benjamin Cabé Mar 03, 2025

doc: Improve context for thread identity in scheduling



Enhance the description around reschedule points to provide more
context about the current thread's identity. This update clarifies
that changing the identity of the current thread involves switching
the CPU's execution from one thread to another.

Signed-off-by: Arrel Neumiller <rlneumiller@gmail.com>

doc: Improve context for thread identity in scheduling

Enhance the description around reschedule points to provide more
context about the current thread's identity. This update clarifies
that changing the identity of the current thread involves switching
the CPU's execution from one thread to another.

Signed-off-by: Arrel Neumiller <rlneumiller@gmail.com>

parent 20b1f8a6

doc/kernel/services/scheduling/index.rst

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		@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ The scheduler determines which thread is allowed to execute
		at any point in time; this thread is known as the current thread.

		There are various points in time when the scheduler is given an
		opportunity to change the identity of the current thread. These points
		are called reschedule points. Some potential reschedule points are:
		opportunity to change the identity of the current thread, meaning
		when the scheduler switches the CPU's execution from one thread
		to another. These points are called reschedule points.
		Some potential reschedule points are:

		- transition of a thread from running state to a suspended or waiting
		state, for example by :c:func:`k_sem_take` or :c:func:`k_sleep`.

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