c-user: Split up partition manager

This makes it easier to automatically generate parts of the manager
documentation in the future.

Update #3993.
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message/index
event/index
signal_manager
partition_manager
partition/index
region_manager
dual-ported-memory/index
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
Background
==========
.. index:: partition, definition
Partition Manager Definitions
-----------------------------
A partition is a physically contiguous memory area divided into fixed-size
buffers that can be dynamically allocated and deallocated.
.. index:: buffers, definition
Partitions are managed and maintained as a list of buffers. Buffers are
obtained from the front of the partition's free buffer chain and returned to
the rear of the same chain. When a buffer is on the free buffer chain, RTEMS
uses two pointers of memory from each buffer as the free buffer chain. When a
buffer is allocated, the entire buffer is available for application use.
Therefore, modifying memory that is outside of an allocated buffer could
destroy the free buffer chain or the contents of an adjacent allocated buffer.
.. index:: partition attribute set, building
Building a Partition Attribute Set
----------------------------------
In general, an attribute set is built by a bitwise OR of the desired attribute
components. The set of valid partition attributes is provided in the following
table:
.. list-table::
:class: rtems-table
* - ``RTEMS_LOCAL``
- local partition (default)
* - ``RTEMS_GLOBAL``
- global partition
Attribute values are specifically designed to be mutually exclusive, therefore
bitwise OR and addition operations are equivalent as long as each attribute
appears exactly once in the component list. An attribute listed as a default
is not required to appear in the attribute list, although it is a good
programming practice to specify default attributes. If all defaults are
desired, the attribute ``RTEMS_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES`` should be specified on this
call. The attribute_set parameter should be ``RTEMS_GLOBAL`` to indicate that
the partition is to be known globally.

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.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
.. index:: partitions
Partition Manager
*****************
Introduction
============
The partition manager provides facilities to dynamically allocate memory in
fixed-size units. The directives provided by the partition manager are:
- rtems_partition_create_ - Create a partition
- rtems_partition_ident_ - Get ID of a partition
- rtems_partition_delete_ - Delete a partition
- rtems_partition_get_buffer_ - Get buffer from a partition
- rtems_partition_return_buffer_ - Return buffer to a partition
Background
==========
.. index:: partition, definition
Partition Manager Definitions
-----------------------------
A partition is a physically contiguous memory area divided into fixed-size
buffers that can be dynamically allocated and deallocated.
.. index:: buffers, definition
Partitions are managed and maintained as a list of buffers. Buffers are
obtained from the front of the partition's free buffer chain and returned to
the rear of the same chain. When a buffer is on the free buffer chain, RTEMS
uses two pointers of memory from each buffer as the free buffer chain. When a
buffer is allocated, the entire buffer is available for application use.
Therefore, modifying memory that is outside of an allocated buffer could
destroy the free buffer chain or the contents of an adjacent allocated buffer.
.. index:: partition attribute set, building
Building a Partition Attribute Set
----------------------------------
In general, an attribute set is built by a bitwise OR of the desired attribute
components. The set of valid partition attributes is provided in the following
table:
.. list-table::
:class: rtems-table
* - ``RTEMS_LOCAL``
- local partition (default)
* - ``RTEMS_GLOBAL``
- global partition
Attribute values are specifically designed to be mutually exclusive, therefore
bitwise OR and addition operations are equivalent as long as each attribute
appears exactly once in the component list. An attribute listed as a default
is not required to appear in the attribute list, although it is a good
programming practice to specify default attributes. If all defaults are
desired, the attribute ``RTEMS_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES`` should be specified on this
call. The attribute_set parameter should be ``RTEMS_GLOBAL`` to indicate that
the partition is to be known globally.
Operations
==========
Creating a Partition
--------------------
The ``rtems_partition_create`` directive creates a partition with a
user-specified name. The partition's name, starting address, length and buffer
size are all specified to the ``rtems_partition_create`` directive. RTEMS
allocates a Partition Control Block (PTCB) from the PTCB free list. This data
structure is used by RTEMS to manage the newly created partition. The number
of buffers in the partition is calculated based upon the specified partition
length and buffer size. If successful,the unique partition ID is returned to
the calling task.
Obtaining Partition IDs
-----------------------
When a partition is created, RTEMS generates a unique partition ID and assigned
it to the created partition until it is deleted. The partition ID may be
obtained by either of two methods. First, as the result of an invocation of
the ``rtems_partition_create`` directive, the partition ID is stored in a user
provided location. Second, the partition ID may be obtained later using the
``rtems_partition_ident`` directive. The partition ID is used by other
partition manager directives to access this partition.
Acquiring a Buffer
------------------
A buffer can be obtained by calling the ``rtems_partition_get_buffer``
directive. If a buffer is available, then it is returned immediately with a
successful return code. Otherwise, an unsuccessful return code is returned
immediately to the caller. Tasks cannot block to wait for a buffer to become
available.
Releasing a Buffer
------------------
Buffers are returned to a partition's free buffer chain with the
``rtems_partition_return_buffer`` directive. This directive returns an error
status code if the returned buffer was not previously allocated from this
partition.
Deleting a Partition
--------------------
The ``rtems_partition_delete`` directive allows a partition to be removed and
returned to RTEMS. When a partition is deleted, the PTCB for that partition is
returned to the PTCB free list. A partition with buffers still allocated
cannot be deleted. Any task attempting to do so will be returned an error
status code.
Directives
==========

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
.. Copyright (C) 2020 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de)
.. index:: partitions
Partition Manager
*****************
.. toctree::
introduction
background
operations
directives

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
Introduction
============
The partition manager provides facilities to dynamically allocate memory in
fixed-size units. The directives provided by the partition manager are:
- :ref:`rtems_partition_create`
- :ref:`rtems_partition_ident`
- :ref:`rtems_partition_delete`
- :ref:`rtems_partition_get_buffer`
- :ref:`rtems_partition_return_buffer`

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
.. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
Operations
==========
Creating a Partition
--------------------
The ``rtems_partition_create`` directive creates a partition with a
user-specified name. The partition's name, starting address, length and buffer
size are all specified to the ``rtems_partition_create`` directive. RTEMS
allocates a Partition Control Block (PTCB) from the PTCB free list. This data
structure is used by RTEMS to manage the newly created partition. The number
of buffers in the partition is calculated based upon the specified partition
length and buffer size. If successful,the unique partition ID is returned to
the calling task.
Obtaining Partition IDs
-----------------------
When a partition is created, RTEMS generates a unique partition ID and assigned
it to the created partition until it is deleted. The partition ID may be
obtained by either of two methods. First, as the result of an invocation of
the ``rtems_partition_create`` directive, the partition ID is stored in a user
provided location. Second, the partition ID may be obtained later using the
``rtems_partition_ident`` directive. The partition ID is used by other
partition manager directives to access this partition.
Acquiring a Buffer
------------------
A buffer can be obtained by calling the ``rtems_partition_get_buffer``
directive. If a buffer is available, then it is returned immediately with a
successful return code. Otherwise, an unsuccessful return code is returned
immediately to the caller. Tasks cannot block to wait for a buffer to become
available.
Releasing a Buffer
------------------
Buffers are returned to a partition's free buffer chain with the
``rtems_partition_return_buffer`` directive. This directive returns an error
status code if the returned buffer was not previously allocated from this
partition.
Deleting a Partition
--------------------
The ``rtems_partition_delete`` directive allows a partition to be removed and
returned to RTEMS. When a partition is deleted, the PTCB for that partition is
returned to the PTCB free list. A partition with buffers still allocated
cannot be deleted. Any task attempting to do so will be returned an error
status code.