METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERTASK MESSAGING BETWEEN MULTIPLE PROCESSOR

摘要

A system and method for communicating messages between tasks on separate processors in a multiprocessor system are disclosed herein. A mediator task having a separate incoming message queue is used to handle message(s) from remote task(s) on other processor(s). A message from a remote task intended for a local task of a local processor is stored in the message queue of the mediator task. During an execution of the mediator task on the local processor, the mediator task is adapted to transfer the message from its message queue to the message queue of the intended local task, either directly or via another task. The present invention finds particular benefit in data processing in network devices.