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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Michael E. Lyons, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Basu Vaidyanathan, Austin, TX (US);
Michael E. Lyons, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Basu Vaidyanathan, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Software components 'self-scrub' to improve software reliability, serviceability and availability (RAS). Each component designates a routine to perform a component level consistency check on major data structures and to verify the state of component. This is performed as an on-going task during the life of the component. The component registers an entry point with the system to receive notification of scrubbing parameter changes. The entry point is also called with the request to perform component-scrubbing operations. The entry point functions are responsible for executing within limitations on central processing unit (CPU) usage and memory footprint when performing scrubbing operations.