Dynamic thread status retrieval using inter-thread communication
First Claim
1. A circuit arrangement comprising:
- an on-chip network; and
a plurality of interconnected integrated processor blocks coupled to the on-chip network and arranged in a network on a chip (NOC) configuration, a first integrated processor block among the plurality of integrated processor blocks comprising;
a slave hardware thread;
an inbox coupled to the slave hardware thread and configured to receive a status request from a master hardware thread disposed in a different integrated processor block; and
status logic coupled to the inbox and configured to determine a status associated with the slave hardware thread and communicate a status response to the master hardware thread based at least in part on the status, wherein the status logic is configured to determine the status associated with the slave hardware thread without interrupting processing of the slave hardware thread;
wherein the inbox is configured to receive a configuration message from the master hardware thread, wherein the first integrated processor block is configured to process the configuration message to configure the status logic to automatically communicate a status response to the master hardware thread responsive to receiving a status request, wherein the master hardware thread is further configured to communicate the status request, and monitor the receipt of the status response to determine whether the status response was received within a predefined amount of time from communicating the status request.
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Abstract
A circuit arrangement, method, and program product for dynamically providing a status of a hardware thread/hardware resource independent of the operation of the hardware thread/hardware resource using an inter-thread communication protocol. A master hardware thread may be configured to communicate status requests to associated slave hardware threads and/or hardware resources. Each slave hardware thread/hardware resource may be configured with hardware logic configured to automatically determine status information for the slave hardware thread/hardware resource and communicate a status response to the master hardware thread independent of the operation of the slave hardware thread/hardware resource.
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11 Claims
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1. A circuit arrangement comprising:
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an on-chip network; and a plurality of interconnected integrated processor blocks coupled to the on-chip network and arranged in a network on a chip (NOC) configuration, a first integrated processor block among the plurality of integrated processor blocks comprising; a slave hardware thread; an inbox coupled to the slave hardware thread and configured to receive a status request from a master hardware thread disposed in a different integrated processor block; and status logic coupled to the inbox and configured to determine a status associated with the slave hardware thread and communicate a status response to the master hardware thread based at least in part on the status, wherein the status logic is configured to determine the status associated with the slave hardware thread without interrupting processing of the slave hardware thread;
wherein the inbox is configured to receive a configuration message from the master hardware thread, wherein the first integrated processor block is configured to process the configuration message to configure the status logic to automatically communicate a status response to the master hardware thread responsive to receiving a status request, wherein the master hardware thread is further configured to communicate the status request, and monitor the receipt of the status response to determine whether the status response was received within a predefined amount of time from communicating the status request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A circuit arrangement comprising:
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an on-chip network; and a plurality of interconnected integrated processor blocks coupled to the on-chip network and arranged in a network on a chip (NOC) configuration, a first integrated processor block among the plurality of integrated processor blocks comprising; a slave hardware thread; an inbox coupled to the slave hardware thread and configured to receive a status request from a master hardware thread disposed in a different integrated processor block; and status logic coupled to the inbox and configured to determine a status associated with the slave hardware thread and communicate a status response to the master hardware thread based at least in part on the status, wherein the status logic is configured to determine the status associated with the slave hardware thread without interrupting processing of the slave hardware thread; wherein the inbox is configured to receive a configuration message from the master hardware thread, wherein the first integrated processor block is configured to process the configuration message to configure the status logic to automatically communicate a status response to the master hardware thread responsive to receiving a status request, wherein a second integrated processor block among the plurality of integrated processor blocks comprises a hardware thread configured as the master hardware thread and configured to receive the status response for the slave hardware thread, and store status information for the slave hardware thread to memory based at least in part on the received status response, wherein the master hardware thread comprises thread status logic, wherein the master hardware thread is configured to determine whether the status response is of a particular type by filtering the status response with a mask using the thread status logic prior to storing the status information for the slave hardware thread to memory, and wherein the status information is stored to memory responsive to determining that the status response is of the particular type. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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