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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Anjandeep Singh Sahni, Bengaluru, IN;
Pratheesh Gangadhar Thalakkal Kottilaveedu, Bengaluru, IN;
William Cronin Wallace, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A computing resource allocation method comprises beginning a first performance of a first task; determining, using a task manager circuit during the first performance of the first task, that a first operation from among the first plurality of operations requires a resource, wherein the resource is external to the processor; determining, using a spinlock circuit, that the resource is unavailable for use; pausing, under control of the task manager, the first performance of the first task at the processor; beginning, using the processor, a second performance of a second task, the second task comprising a second plurality of operations; receiving, at the task manager, a notice from the spinlock that the resource is currently available for use by the processor; and resuming, under control of the task manager, the first performance of the first task at the processor starting with the first operation from among the first plurality of operations.