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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Lynn Keat Chung, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark Robert Funk, Mantorville, MN (US);
Richard Karl Kirkman, Rochester, MN (US);
Angela Mae Newton, Oronoco, MN (US);
Don Darrell Reed, Mantorville, MN (US);
Lynn Keat Chung, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark Robert Funk, Mantorville, MN (US);
Richard Karl Kirkman, Rochester, MN (US);
Angela Mae Newton, Oronoco, MN (US);
Don Darrell Reed, Mantorville, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and program product for identifying and grouping threads that have interdependent data access needs. The preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes two different constructs to accomplish this grouping. A Memory Affinity Group (MAG) is disclosed. The MAG construct enables multiple threads to be associated with the same node without any foreknowledge of which threads will be involved in the association, and without any control over the particular node with which they are associated. A Logical Node construct is also disclosed. The Logical Node construct enables multiple threads to be associated with the same specified node without any foreknowledge of which threads will be involved in the association. While logical nodes do not explicitly identify the underlying physical nodes comprising the system, they provide a means of associating particular threads with the same node and other threads with other node(s).