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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Leonard W. Helmer, Jr., Stone Ridge, NY (US);
John S. Houston, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ambrose A. Verdibello, Jr., Millbrook, NY (US);
Leonard W. Helmer, Jr., Stone Ridge, NY (US);
John S. Houston, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ambrose A. Verdibello, Jr., Millbrook, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer program product for passing initiative in a multitasking multiprocessor environment includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes writing a request to process a resource of the environment to an associated resource control block, setting a resource flag in a central bit vector, the resource flag indicating that a request for processing has been received for the resource, and setting a target processor initiative flag in the environment, the target processor initiative flag indicating a pass of initiative to a target processor responsible for the resource.