Although preemptive uniprocessor scheduling algorithms are able to successfully schedule some systems that cannot be scheduled by any non-preemptive scheduling algorithm, the run-time overhead associated with implementing preemptive algorithms is often higher than for non-preemptive algorithms. In choosing between preemptive and non-preeemptive scheduling algorithms and uniprocessors, the tradeoff is therefore between enhanced feasibility on the one hand, and increased overheads on the other. Hybrid Scheduling schemes are proposed and evaluated here: these schemes permit preemption where necessary for feasibility, but attempt to avoid unnecessary preemptions during run-time. This is done by determining, for each task in the system, the longest amount of time for which the task may execute non-preemptively without compromising the feasibility of the system.
Index Terms:
sporadic tesks; EDF scheduling; uniprocessors; critical sections; non-preemptive scheduling
Citation:
Sanjoy Baruah, "The Limited-Preemption Uniprocessor Scheduling of Sporadic Task Systems," ecrts, pp.137-144, 17th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS'05), 2005