DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING THE USE OF AT LEAST ONE EXCLUSIVE RESOURCE

摘要

It is an object of the invention to improve the performance of a multitasking data processing system in which at least one exclusive resource is used for executing at least two task flows. The method according to the invention achieves this by using a so-called master schedule, which is used as a template to construct the schedules for individual task flows. The term master schedule refers to a set of reservations of the exclusive resources for task flows.