Prerequisite-based scheduler

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2008-05-06

2008-05-06

An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2195)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

Process scheduling

C718S104000, C709S238000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07370326

ABSTRACT:
A prerequisite-based scheduler is disclosed which takes into account system resource prerequisites for execution. Tasks are only scheduled when they can successfully run to completion and therefore a task, once dispatched, is guaranteed not to become blocked. In a prerequisite table, tasks are identified horizontally, and resources needed for the tasks are identified vertically. At the bottom of the table is the system state, which represents the current state of all resources in the system. If a Boolean AND operation is applied to the task prerequisite row and the system state, and if the result is the same as the prerequisite row, then the task is dispatchable. In one embodiment of the present invention, the prerequisite based scheduler (dispatcher) walks through the prerequisite table from top to bottom until a task is found whose prerequisites are satisfied by the system state. Once found, this task is dispatched.

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