Transmission point pattern extraction from executable code in message passing environments
View Patent ↗Processes in a message passing system may be launched when messages having data patterns match a function on a receiving process. The function may be identified by an execution pointer within the process. When the match occurs, the process may be added to a runnable queue, and in some embodiments, may be raised to the top of a runnable queue. When a match does not occur, the process may remain in a blocked or non-executing state. In some embodiments, a blocked process may be placed in an idle queue and may not be executed until a process scheduler determines that a message has been received that fulfills a function waiting for input. When the message fulfills the function, the process may be moved to a runnable queue.
1. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code, wherein said first source being a memory object message received from a message created and populated by an executing process;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern; and
storing said first extractable annotation.
2. The method of claim 1 , said executing process creating an interrupt when said memory object has been populated.
3. The method of claim 2 , said executing process being a peripheral device.
4. The method of claim 2 , said memory object being a direct memory access memory object.
5. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern and comprising data types, wherein at least one of said data types having no value assigned during said compiling; and
storing said first extractable annotation.
6. The method of claim 5 , said at least one of said data types having a reference to a value, said value being defined at runtime.
7. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code, said first source code being intermediate code;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point, said first pattern comprising a pattern element defined with a reference to a memory object;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern; and
storing said first extractable annotation.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:
retrieving a value for said pattern element by traversing said reference to said memory object.
9. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern, said first extractable pattern being stored within said executable code in an appendix to said executable code; and
storing said first extractable annotation.
10. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern, said first extractable pattern being stored within said executable code in a location adjacent to said first hold point; and
storing said first extractable annotation.
11. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising:
compiling source code into executable code;
during said compiling, identifying a first transmission point, said first transmission point being a message passed to another process;
for said first transmission point, identifying a first pattern defining a first output for said first transmission point;
creating a first extractable annotation defining said first pattern, said first extractable pattern being stored in a metadata file, said metadata file being separate from said executable code;
packaging said metadata file with said executable code; and
storing said first extractable annotation.