Process execution time accounting system

Details Process execution time accounting system Process execution time accounting system

1980-10-30

1984-02-14

Springborn, Harvey E.

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G06F 300, G06F 922

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044320515

ABSTRACT:
A time accounting system for accounting for the time a process spends in a ready state, a wait state, or a running state. The system includes a time-of-day clock coupled to a central processing unit for outputting the time-of-day whenever a process changes state. A memory also coupled to the central processing unit stores the contents of a plurality of addressable process control blocks and each process control block includes first, second, and third storage locations for storing indications of the amount of time an associated process has been in the running, ready, and wait states, respectively. The central processor unit accesses the process control blocks and updates the process times stored therein in accordance with control signals generated by decoding a string of microinstructions stored in a control store memory. The time-of-day clock is accessed each time a process enters one of the running, ready, or wait states and each time the execution of a process is completed. The process control blocks are accessed and updated with the differences in the access times of the time-of-day clock to accumulate in the appropriate storage locations in each process control block the amount of time the associated process was in the running, ready, or wait states.

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