Method for controlling a multicore-processor engine control unit

Disclosed is a method for controlling an engine control unit which includes at least two microprocessor cores, including steps of executing a parent subtask and at least one child subtask. The method includes the following steps: -determining the number of executables which remain to be executed in the last child subtask of the first period when the parent subtask of the second period starts; and-determining the number of executables already executed in the parent subtask of the second period when the last child subtask of the first period finishes.