Task scheduling mechanism for large data processing systems

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An event allocation mechanism in a processing system having at least one central processor and at least one memory module for storing a plurality of processes to be executed by the central processor(s) which processes, require different events to occur before their execution can be completed, each of such events causing the process being executed to be placed in a wait state includes an event table means to store event tokens for designation of events and status information about various event tokens including whether that event token has been allocated and whether that designated event has occurred input means, coupled to the central processor(s) and to the event table means to receive a …