Title:
METHOD FOR MANAGING THE THREADS OF EXECUTION IN A COMPUTER UNIT, AND COMPUTER UNIT CONFIGURED TO IMPLEMENT SAID METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/012983
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for managing threads of execution launched by processes executed in a computer unit comprising at least one computation core connected to a shared memory. The method includes the steps of: using an area of the shared memory that is accessible to all the processes and threads of execution so as to ensure the management of the computation tokens; when a thread needs to be executed, said thread verifies that a computation token is available; if a computation token is available, the thread assigns the computation token to itself while updating the shared memory, pursues the execution thereof, then releases the computation token at the end of the execution of said thread; assigning a priority index to each thread of execution, having each thread with a task in the process of being executed periodically verify that a thread with a priority index higher than that of each thread is not placed on standby, and if necessary, ending the execution of the thread in the process of execution and releasing the corresponding computation token. The invention also relates to a computer unit for implementing said method.
Inventors:
BRONSART SEBASTIEN (FR)
DARBOIS MATTHIEU (FR)
THUILLIER CEDRIC (FR)
DARBOIS MATTHIEU (FR)
THUILLIER CEDRIC (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/065116
Publication Date:
March 13, 2014
Filing Date:
July 17, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MORPHO (FR)
International Classes:
G06F9/48; G06F9/52
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2009058154A1 | 2009-05-07 |
Foreign References:
| US6604160B1 | 2003-08-05 | |||
| US7844973B1 | 2010-11-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LAVIALLE, Bruno et al. (16 rue Médéric, Paris, FR)
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