Thomas C Dickens

US Patent:

8621479, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

Jan 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/344474

Inventors:

Thomas P. Dickens - Renton WA, US
David Christian Caccia - Tacoma WA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718104, 718105

Abstract:

Systems and methods for performing a task are provided. One example method includes if the task allocation metric indicates load balancing associated with the processor is below a first threshold, determining whether the task is a reentrant task, if the task is a reentrant task, determining whether a stopping criteria is satisfied, re-entering the task into a queue of tasks if the stopping criteria is not satisfied and the task is a reentrant task, if the task allocation metric indicates core affinity associated with the at least one processor is below a second threshold, determining whether the task is a main task, if the task is not a main task, determining whether a stopping criteria is satisfied, and if the stopping criteria is satisfied and the task is not a main task, pulling a parent task associated with the task into the thread.