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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Keith Backensto, Oakland, CA (US);
Thierry Preyssler, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Keith Backensto, Oakland, CA (US);
Thierry Preyssler, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Wind River Systems, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method donates time from a first process to a second process. The method includes determining a time slice for each of a plurality of processes to generate a schedule therefrom. The method includes determining a time donation scheme for the first process, the time donation scheme indicative of a donation policy in which the execution time of the first process is donated to the second process. During execution of the processes, the method includes receiving a request from the first process for a time donation to the second process and executing the second process during the time slice of the first process.