Method for reducing inter-process communication latency
View Patent ↗A method for handling a system call in an operating system executed by a processor is disclosed. The message comprises steps of receiving the system call to a called process from a calling process; if the system call is a synchronous system call and if a priority of the calling process is higher than a priority of the called process, increasing the priority of the called process to be at least the priority of the calling process; and switching context to the called process.
1. A method for handling a system call in an operating system executed by a processor, the method comprising steps of:
receiving the system call to a called process from a calling process;
determining from content of the system call if the system call is a synchronous system call;
if the system call is a synchronous system call and if a priority of the calling process is higher than a priority of the called process, increasing the priority of the called process to be at least the priority of the calling process;
switching context to the called process;
sending a response from the called process to the calling process after the called process has handled the system call;
restoring the priority of the called process after the called process has handled the system call; and
switching context back to the calling process.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system call includes a header section and a payload section and the step of determining from the content of the system call comprising a step of checking a flag in the header section.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of determining if the priority of the calling process is higher than the priority of the called process.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein message routing between the calling and called processes is performed in a kernel of the operating system.
5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium structured to store instructions executable by a processor, the instructions when executed causing a processor to handle a system call in an operating system, including:
receiving the system call to a called process from a calling process;
determining from content of the system call if the system call is a synchronous system call;
if the system call is a synchronous system call and if a priority of the calling process is higher than a priority of the called process, increasing the priority of the called process to be at least the priority of the calling process;
switching context to the called process;
sending a response from the called process to the calling process after the called process has handled the system call;
restoring the priority of the called process after the called process has handled the system call; and
switching context back to the calling process.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the system call includes a header section and a payload section and to determine from the content of the system call comprises checking a flag in the header section.
7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the instructions when executed further causes the processor to determine if the priority of the calling process is higher than the priority of the called process.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein message routing between the calling and called processes is performed in a kernel of the operating system.