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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2006
Volker Ewald Goller, Aachen, DE;
Andrew David Alsup, Alququerque, NM (US);
Volker Ewald Goller, Aachen, DE;
Andrew David Alsup, Alququerque, NM (US);
Innovasic, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method for preventing priority inversion in a processor system having an operating system operable in a plurality of contexts is provided. The method comprises: providing a plurality of context control registers with each context control register being associated with a corresponding one context for controlling execution of the context; providing a plurality of sets of hardware registers, each set corresponding to one context of the plurality of contexts; and utilizing the plurality of context control registers and said plurality of sets of hardware registers to prevent priority inversion.