Patent ID: 7305446
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing ingress messages for a state based application being executed by network processor, the state based application having a first state and a second state, the method comprising: associating the first state of the state based application to a first set of message classes that are receivable by the state based application while the state based application is in the first state; associating the second state of the state based application to a second set of message classes that are receivable by the state based application while the state based application is in the second state, the second set of message classes being distinct from the first set of message classes; assigning the first set of message classes to a first semaphore; assigning the second set of message classes to a second semaphore; responsive to the state based application being in the first state, the method further includes responsive to the state based application being in the second state, the method further includes