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US 2015/0317161 A1Published application
System and method of context switching
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorNicholas J. Murphy
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Abstract
Techniques related to systems, articles, and methods of context switching.
Claims25
A computer-implemented method of context switching comprising:
- requesting a transition context switch deferrable until a state to be saved is smaller than at the time the request is made;
- and
- forcing a context switch to occur if a condition is met before the request is carried out.
A system comprising:
- a processing accelerator performing a process;
- and
- a context switch scheduler to schedule a context switch to occur during a transition in the process being performed, wherein the transition reduces the state to be saved to perform the context switch,
- wherein the processing accelerator to force a context switch rather than waiting for the transition context switch to occur if a condition is met before the transition context switch is carried out.
1 more element
At least one computer-readable media comprising instructions, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- request a transition context switch deferrable until a state to be saved is smaller than at the time the request is made;
- and
- force a context switch to occur if a condition is met before the request is carried out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.