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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Donald F. Ault, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Jose R. Castano, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert J. Maddison, Eastleigh, GB;
Bernard R. Pierce, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Gary S. Puchkoff, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Peter J. Relson, Ulster Park, NY (US);
Robert R. Rogers, Beacon, NY (US);
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
Leslie W. Wyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald F. Ault, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Jose R. Castano, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert J. Maddison, Eastleigh, GB;
Bernard R. Pierce, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Gary S. Puchkoff, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Peter J. Relson, Ulster Park, NY (US);
Robert R. Rogers, Beacon, NY (US);
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
Leslie W. Wyman, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments include a system and storage medium for managing computer processing functions in a multi-processor computer environment. The system includes a physical processor, a standard logical processor, an assist logical processor sharing a same logical partition as the standard logical processor, and a single operating system instance associated with the logical partition, the single operating system instance including a switch-to service and a switch-from service. The system also includes a dispatch component managed by the single operating system instance. Upon invoking the switch-to service by standard code, the switch-to service checks to see if an assist logical processor is online and, if so, it updates an integrated assist field of a work element block associated with the task for indicating the task is eligible to be executed on the assist logical processor. The switch-to service also assigns a work queue to the work element block.