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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Greg A. Dyck, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert R. Rogers, Beacon, NY (US);
Mark A. Wisniewski, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Greg A. Dyck, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Charles W. Gainey, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert R. Rogers, Beacon, NY (US);
Mark A. Wisniewski, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for a first logical processor to determine a running status of a target logical processor of an information processing system. In such method, an instruction is issued by the first logical processor running on the information processing system for determining whether the target logical processor is running. In response to issuing the instruction, a state descriptor belonging to the target logical processor is queried to determine whether the target logical processor is currently running. A result is then returned to the first logical processor, the result indicating whether or not the target logical processor is currently running.