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System, method and computer program product for scheduling a processing entity task by a scheduler in response to a peripheral task completion indicator

US8966490B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. · US

Inventors

Hillel Avni · Munich, DE
Dov Levenglick · Herut, IL
Avishay Moskowiz · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2008
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/484
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, computer program and a method for scheduling a processing entity task in a multiple-processing entity system, the method includes initializing a scheduler; receiving a task data structure indicative that a pre-requisite to an execution of task to be executed by a processing entity is a completion of a peripheral task that is executed by a peripheral; wherein the peripheral updates a peripheral task completion indicator once the peripheral task is completed; wherein the peripheral task completion indicator is accessible by the scheduler; and scheduling, by the scheduler, the task in response to the peripheral task completion indicator.

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