Signaling, ordering, and execution of dynamically generated tasks in a processing system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to notify a task manager that data is available for processing, by performing the steps of:

• generating a first notification signal that is transmitted to the task manager, wherein the notification signal specifies a first offset and a first delta value;
• storing first data that is associated with the first offset and the first delta value in a queue corresponding to a first processing task;
• generating a second notification signal that is transmitted to the task manager, wherein the notification signal comprises a second offset and a second delta value;
• storing second data that is associated with the second offset and the second delta value in the queue corresponding to the first processing task;
• receiving the first notification signal and a second notification signal;
• determining if the first offset and the first delta value can be coalesced with the second offset and the second delta value to generate a coalesced offset and a coalesced delta value;
• and
• scheduling, by the task manager, processing of at least one of the first data and the second data for the first processing task in a processing cluster array.

A system for notifying a task manager that data is available for processing, the system comprising:

• a queue corresponding to a first processing task and that is configured to store the data, including first data and second data;
• a memory management unit that is configured to:
• generate a first notification signal that is transmitted directly to the task manager, wherein the notification signal specifies a first offset and a first delta value associated with the first data;
• and
• generate a second notification signal that is transmitted directly to the task manager, wherein the notification signal specifies a second offset and a second delta value associated with the second data;
• and
• the task manager that is configured to:
• receive the first notification signal and the second notification signal;
• determine if the first offset and the first delta value can be coalesced with the second offset and the second delta value to generate a coalesced offset and a coalesced delta value;
• and
• schedule processing of at least one of the first data and the second data for the first processing task in a processing cluster array.

A method of notifying a task manager that data is available for processing, the method comprising:

• executing a first processing task by a processing cluster array;
• generating, during execution of the first processing task, a first notification signal that is configured to write a flag that controls whether a second processing task is scheduled for execution;
• directly transmitting the first notification signal from the processing cluster array to the task manager;
• and
• scheduling, by the task manager, processing of the data for the second processing task in the processing cluster array when the flag is enabled.

A system for notifying a task manager that data is available for processing, the system comprising:

• a processing cluster array that is configured to:
• execute a first processing task;
• and
• generate, during execution of the first processing task, a first notification signal that is configured to write a flag that controls whether a second processing task is scheduled for execution;
• a memory management unit that is configured to transmit the first notification signal directly from the processing cluster array to the task manager;
• and
• the task manager that is configured to scheduling processing of the data for the second processing task in the processing cluster array when the flag is enabled.