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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Larry Bert Brenner, Austin, TX (US);
Larry Bert Brenner, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and computer usable program code for improving thread posting efficiency in a multiprocessor data processing system are provided. Aspects of the present invention first receive a set of threads from an application. The aspects of the present invention then group the set of threads with a plurality of processors based on a last execution of the set of threads on the plurality of processors to form a plurality of groups. The threads in each group in the plurality of groups are all last executed on a same processor. The aspects of the present invention then wake up the threads in the plurality of groups in any order.