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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
James C. Holt, Austin, TX (US);
Brian C. Kahne, Austin, TX (US);
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
James C. Holt, Austin, TX (US);
Brian C. Kahne, Austin, TX (US);
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A processing system includes a processor pipeline, a detector circuit, and a task scheduler. The detector circuit includes a basic block detector circuit to determine that the processor pipeline received a first instruction of a first instance of a basic block, and to determine that a last-in-order instruction of the first instance of the basic block is a resource switch instruction (RSWI), and an indicator circuit to provide an indication in response to determining that the processor pipeline received the first instruction of a second instance of the basic block. The task scheduler initiates a resource switch, in response to the indication, at a time subsequent to the first instruction being received that is based on a cycle count that indicates a first number of processor cycles between receiving the first instruction and receiving the RSWI.