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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Louis Bennie Capps, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Thomas Edward Cook, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Thomas J. Dewkett, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Naresh Nayar, Rochester, MN (US);
Ronald Edward Newhart, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Bernadette Ann Pierson, South Hero, VT (US);
Michael Jay Shapiro, Austin, TX (US);
Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Louis Bennie Capps, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Thomas Edward Cook, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Thomas J. Dewkett, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Naresh Nayar, Rochester, MN (US);
Ronald Edward Newhart, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Bernadette Ann Pierson, South Hero, VT (US);
Michael Jay Shapiro, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A multiprocessor system which includes automatic workload distribution. As threads execute in the multiprocessor system, an operating system or hypervisor continuously learns the execution characteristics of the threads and saves the information in thread-specific control blocks. The execution characteristics are used to generate thread performance data. As the thread executes, the operating system continuously uses the performance data to steer the thread to a core that will execute the workload most efficiently.