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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Donald R. DeSota, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Rajendra D. Panda, Austin, TX (US);
Venkat R. Indukuru, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph H. Robichaux, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Steven P. Hartman, Round Rock, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for managing memory access is disclosed. The method includes setting a memory databus utilization threshold for each of a plurality of processors of a data processing system to maintain memory databus utilization of the data processing system at or below a system threshold. The method also includes monitoring memory databus utilization for the plurality of processors and, in response to determining that memory databus utilization for at least one of the processors is below its threshold, reallocating at least a portion of unused databus utilization from the at least one processor to at least one of the other processors.