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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Watakabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
The executing threads in CPU are checked at random intervals in a specified range by interrupt execution modules the results of the checks are stored in executing thread memory areas and values of counters that are corresponding to the executing threads are incremented. If the values of the counters exceed specified values, applicable threads are judged to be operating abnormally and priorities of the applicable threads are lowered so as to prevent the abnormal operations of the threads.