Independent subsystem abstraction allows subsystems to be developed and validated separately and supports an easier subsystem integration. In particular, this approach is desirable in open systems, since it does not require knowledge of temporal behaviour of other subsystems. However, independent
abstraction, assuming the worst-case CPU supply pattern, requires extra CPU allocations. We present our work in progress on dynamic slack reclamation, which keeps track of such extra CPU allocations at run time. We are also investigating how to utilize those extra resources for supporting soft real-time tasks.