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Notepads where a feature of RTEMS' tasks that simply functioned in the same way as POSIX keys or threaded local storage (TLS). They were introduced well before per task variables, which are also deprecated, and were barely used in favor of their POSIX alternatives. In addition to their scarce usage, Notepads took up unnecessary memory. For each task: - 16 32-bit integers were allocated. - A total of 64 bytes per task per thread. This is especially critical in low memory and safety-critical applications. They are also defined as uint32_t, and therefore are not guaranteed to hold a pointer. Lastly, they are not portable solutions for SMP and uniprocessor systems, like POSIX keys and TLS. updates #2493.
This directory contains the RTEMS Classic API Timing Test Suite. The tests in this directory are used to measure the execution time of RTEMS directive and some critical internal functions. The results of these test are useful for comparison of RTEMS performance + between versions of RTEMS + between different boards + across different architectures These tests attempt to benchmark RTEMS as the user would. They measure the execution time for a directive (under various circumstances) from the time RTEMS is entered until it is executed. Where possible, the time is the average of at least 100 invocations of the directive. The accuracy of the times reported by these benchmarks is very dependent on the resolution of the timer being used. It is also important to insure that all sources of hardware interrupts are disabled during execution of the tests. This insures that the directive time reported does not include any interrupt time.