JPH06348665A - Process control system among plural operating systems - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a job process without care of a process identifier. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a control process 32 for requesting the generation and start of the job process 23 to an operating system OS 2 operated in another processor 20, receiving and storing the identifier 42 of the generated job process 23, also specifying the stored identifier and requesting the elimination of the job process to the other operating system and a job process control means 22 for generating, starting and eliminating the job process by the requests from the control process and informing the control process of the identifier of the generated job process. Thus, in the case of eliminating the job process started in the other OS from the OS concerned, the need of specifying the job process to be eliminated by a user is eliminated and the elimination can be performed without care of the process identifier.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multiprocessor system having a plurality of microprocessors, each microprocessor being capable of operating a different operating system, and more particularly to a process control method for controlling the creation, activation and deletion of business processes. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a multiprocessor system which is composed of a plurality of microprocessors (hereinafter referred to as CPUs) and each CPU can execute different operating systems (hereinafter referred to as OSs) When activating the business process, the other OS is requested to generate and activate the business process and waits for the notification of the completion result to be sent.

When deleting a business process generated and activated by another OS, the user activates a process for outputting process information of another OS being executed from the own OS, and the output result is used. The deletion process is performed by specifying the business process to be deleted and by designating the process identifier of the specified business process and making a deletion request to another OS.

[0004]

In the conventional multiprocessor system, as described above, when a request for deleting a business process generated and activated by another OS is made, the user is executing the other OS. Since it is necessary to start a process that outputs process information, specify the business process to be deleted from the output result, and specify the process identifier of the specified business process, it is troublesome and inconvenient to delete the business process. there were.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and when a business process started by another OS is deleted from the own OS, the user is executing the other OS. Eliminates the need to start the process that outputs the process information of and specify the business process to be deleted,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process control method between multiple operating systems that can realize deletion of business processes without being aware of process identifiers.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a process control method between a plurality of operating systems of the present invention is a multiprocessor system comprising a plurality of processors, each processor capable of operating different operating systems. A request to generate and activate a business process to the operating system running on another processor, receive and store the identifier of the business process generated by the operating system running on the other processor, and When the deletion request is accepted, the stored identifier is designated to the other operating system,
A control process for requesting deletion of the business process,
Business process control means is provided for generating, activating, and deleting a business process in response to a request from the control process, and notifying the control process of the identifier of the generated business process. Further, in the process control system between a plurality of operating systems according to a second aspect of the present invention, the inter-CPU communication means for exchanging information between the plurality of CPUs is provided. In the process control method between a plurality of operating systems according to claim 3, a main storage unit shared by the plurality of processors is provided, and the main storage unit is provided with an identifier storage unit for storing the identifier. There is.

[0007]

In the present invention, the control process requests the business process control means of another processor to generate a business process. The business process control means that has received the business process generation request generates the business process 23. After the business process is generated, the business process control means notifies the control process 32 of the business process identifier. The control process stores the identifier sent from the business process control means. The business process control means activates the business process in response to a request from the control process and starts the business. Upon receiving the business process deletion request, the control process reads the stored process identifier and requests the business process control means to delete the business process by designating the process identifier. Upon receiving the deletion request, the business process control means deletes the business process designated by the identifier.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of a multiprocessor system to which the process control system of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the multiprocessor system of the present embodiment comprises a host computer 10 and a terminal device 50.

The host computer 10 includes a CPU 20 for executing the OS2, a CPU 30 for executing the OS3, and an O
The main storage device 40 stores S2 and OS3. The main storage device 40 is configured to be shared by the CPU 20 and the CPU 30.

The CPU 20 has an inter-CPU communication means 21 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the CPU 30 using the main storage device 40, a business process control means 22 for generating / activating / deleting a business process, and a business process control. Means 22
The business process 23 generated by the above is included. They are,
Each is implemented on the CPU 20 as a function of the OS 2. Further, the CPU 30 includes an inter-CPU communication means 31 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the CPU 20 using the main storage device 40, and a control process 32. These are respectively realized on the CPU 30 as the functions of the OS 3. The main storage device 40 is provided with an identifier storage unit 41 for storing the process identifier 42 of the business process 23.

The control process 32 requests the OS 2 running on the CPU 20 to create, activate, and delete the business process 23. Also, the business process 2 generated by OS2
The process identifier 42 of No. 3 is received and stored in the identifier storage unit 41 of the main storage device 40, and a request to delete the business process 23 from the OS 2 is accepted. Here, the process identifier 42 is an identifier for distinguishing the business process 23 from other processes, and is composed of, for example, data such as a business process starter name, a process name, and an execution start time.

The terminal device 50 is a host computer 10.
Is connected to the CPU via the bus 60. This terminal device 50 is a terminal dedicated to OS3 that communicates only with OS3.

Next, the contents of the process control processing according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, from the terminal device 50 dedicated to OS3 to the CPU by OS2
The control process 32 for controlling the business process 23 on 20 is activated on the CPU 30 (step 201).
The activated control process 32 requests the business process control means 22 of the CPU 20 to generate the business process 23 via the inter-CPU communication means 31 and the inter-CPU communication means 21 (step 202). Then control process 3
2 waits for a notification of completion of generation from the business process control means 22.

The business process control means 22 which has received the request to generate the business process 23 generates the business process 23 on the CPU 20 (step 203). Business process 23
After the generation of the business process, the business process control means 22 notifies the generation completion and the process identifier 4 on the OS 2 of the business process 23.
2 is sent to the control process 32 via the inter-CPU communication means 21, 31 (step 204).

The control process 32 stores the process identifier 42 of the business process 23 sent from the business process control means 22 in the identifier storage section 41 of the main storage device 40, and C
A request is made to start the business by activating the business process 23 through the PU communication means 31, 21 (step 205). After that, the control process 32 waits for the business completion of the business process 23. The business process control means 22 activates the business process 23 in response to a request from the control process 32, starts the business, and after completion of the business, notifies the business process completion notice via the inter-CPU communication means 21, 31. Three
2 (step 206). The control process 32 waits for a request to delete the business process 23 from the terminal device 50.

When the control process 32 receives a deletion request for the business process 23 from the terminal device 50, the process identifier 4 stored in the identifier storage unit 41 of the main storage device 40.
2 is read (step 207), the CPU communication means 3
The business process control means 22 is requested to delete the business process 23 by designating the process identifier 42 via steps 1 and 21 (step 208). Then, the control process 32 waits for a deletion completion notification of the business process 23.

Upon receipt of the deletion request, the business process control means 22 deletes the business process 23 designated by the process identifier 42 (step 209) and the CPU
A deletion completion notice and a business stop completion notice of the business process 23 are sent to the control process 32 via the intercommunication means 21 and 31 (step 210). Upon receiving the deletion completion notification and the business stop completion notification, the control process 32 notifies the terminal device 50 of the business completion (step 211). Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments.

[0018]

As described above, according to the process control method between a plurality of operating systems of the present invention, when a business process started by another OS is deleted from its own OS, the user executes it on another OS. There is an effect that it is possible to realize the deletion of the business process without being aware of the process identifier, because it is not necessary to specify the business process to be deleted by activating the process outputting the internal process information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a multiprocessor system to which a process control method between a plurality of operating systems of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the contents of business process generation / activation / deletion processing in the multiprocessor system of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 host computer 20,30 CPU 21,31 CPU communication means 22 business process control means 23 business process 32 control process 40 main memory 41 identifier storage 42 process identifier 50 terminal device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A multiprocessor system comprising a plurality of processors, each processor being capable of operating a different operating system, wherein the operating system running on another processor makes a business process generation / start request. The business process identifier that is generated by the operating system running on the other processor is received and stored, and the stored identifier is designated when the business process deletion request is accepted, and the business process is specified to the other operating system. And a business process control means for generating / activating / deleting a business process in response to a request from the control process and notifying the control process of the generated business process identifier. Process control method between a plurality operating systems to symptoms. 2. The process control system between a plurality of operating systems according to claim 1, further comprising inter-CPU communication means for exchanging information between the plurality of CPUs. 3. The main storage unit shared by the plurality of processors, wherein the main storage unit is provided with an identifier storage unit for storing the identifier by the control process. A process control method between multiple operating systems.