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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Christopher Francois, Shakopee, MN (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce G. Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Suresh E. Warrier, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Francois, Shakopee, MN (US);
Giles R. Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce G. Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Suresh E. Warrier, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for task priority boost management is disclosed. The method includes: responsive to a thread executing in user mode an instruction to boost a priority of the thread, accessing a boost register, the boost register accessible in kernel mode; determining a value of the boost register; and responsive to determining that the boost register holds a non-zero value, boosting the priority of the thread.