Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing...

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2011-08-30

2011-08-30

An, Meng (Department: 2195)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

C712S220000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08010963

ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing light weight system calls to improve user mode performance is disclosed. A range of system call code for the light weight system calls is provided in a system call table. The light weight system calls skip the code for saving and restore processor context.

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