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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Thomas J. Heller, Jr., Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Thomas J. Heller, Jr., Rhinebeck, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling the allocation of shared resources that includes receiving, from a requestor executing on a processor, a request to access a shared resource. The receiving is at a next request priority module connected to the processor and the shared resource. It is determined if any of a specified number of most recent priority grants to the shared resource were to the requestor. The request is granted if none of the specified number of most recent priority grants to the shared resource were to the requestor. If any of the specified number of most recent priority grants to the shared resource were to the requestor, then it is determined if one or more other requests for the shared resource are pending. It is determined if one of the other requests should be granted priority to the shared resource if other requests for the shared resource are pending.