Method and system for managing software applications

Abstract

A method for managing software application tasks being performed in a multi-core processing system, the system comprising: a management core configured to manage the allocation of processing tasks in the system; a plurality of processing cores configured to execute instructions for performing processing tasks; at least one shared resource, wherein the at least one shared resource is connected to each of the processing cores; a contention assessment module configured to monitor the amount of contention in the system; and a processing suspension module configured to cause the suspension of processing on at least one of the processing cores; wherein the method comprises: determining a criticality level of each task to be performed; allocating each task to a respective processing core of the plurality of processing cores based on the determined criticality level; assigning a contention threshold to at least one processing core of the plurality of processing cores; monitoring the amount of contention caused by the at least one processing core that has been assigned a contention threshold; and if the amount of contention caused by the at least one processing core that has been assigned a contention threshold reaches the assigned contention threshold, suspending processing on that processing core.

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