Patent ID: 7921425
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: identifying a set of one or more tasks competing for computing resources of an embedded system, wherein the embedded system is configured to process one or more primary operations of a special-purpose device, and wherein the set of tasks are separately identified from the one or more primary operations according to a programming language that the set of tasks are written in; receiving first data that indicates a time limit for unblocked execution of the set of tasks by a processor of the embedded system, wherein the one or more primary operations are not bound by the time limit; receiving second data that indicates a maximum allowable use of the processor by the set of tasks, wherein the maximum allowable use corresponds to an available processing time of the processor that exceeds a processing time allocated to process the one or more primary operations; determining whether one or more tasks of the set of tasks have exceeded the time limit for unblocked execution based on the first data; blocking execution of the one or more tasks for a yield time interval responsive to determining that the one or more tasks have exceeded the time limit, wherein the yield time interval is determined as a function of the time limit for unblocked execution and the maximum allowable use of the processor;