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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Van Hoa Lee, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Dean Sanner, Rochester, MN (US);
Alan Hlava, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Van Hoa Lee, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Dean Sanner, Rochester, MN (US);
Alan Hlava, Mazeppa, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Illustrative embodiments manage deadlock in a data processing system during an IPL process that includes monitoring the usage of locks in the Hardware Object Model (HOM) of the data processing system. The process further includes detecting a deadlock condition in response to an indication of the IPL process in the data processing system entering a hung state when at least one lock is in use. The process also includes handling the deadlock condition by performing one or more of the following: recording error information for the deadlock condition, and terminating the IPL process.