Anthony Lee Kimball

US Patent:

7424712, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Apr 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/303464

Inventors:

Steven J. Sistare - Westford MA, US
Nicholas J. Nevin - Maynard MA, US
Anthony L. Kimball - Fergus Falls MN, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

718102, 718103

Abstract:

A system is described for controlling co-scheduling of processes in a computer comprising at least one process and a spin daemon. The process, when it is waiting for a flag to change condition, transmits a flag monitor request to the spin daemon and enables itself to be de-scheduled. The spin daemon, after receiving a flag monitor request, monitors the flag and, after the flag changes condition, enables the process to be re-scheduled for execution by the computer. Since the spin daemon can monitor flags for a number of processes, the ones of the processes that are waiting will not need to be executed, allowing other processes that are not just waiting to be processed more often.