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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Daniel N. Bauer, Birmensdorf, CH;
Kristijan Dragicevic, Zurich, CH;
Luis Garcés-erice, Zurich, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for scheduling tasks in a computer system. In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving a multitude of sets of tasks, and placing the tasks in one or more task queues. The tasks are taken from the one or more task queues and placed in a priority queue according to a first rule. The tasks in the priority queue are assigned to a multitude of working threads according to a second rule based, in part, on share values given to the tasks. In an embodiment, the tasks of each of the sets are placed in a respective one task queue; and all of the tasks in the priority queue from each of the task queues, are assigned as a group to one of the working threads.