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Patent No.:

US 9665493 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kevin J. Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);

Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);

David B. Whitworth, Austin, TX (US);

Boyan Zhao, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for increased cache performance using multi-level queues by a processor device. The method includes distributing to each one of a plurality of central processing units (CPUs) workload operations for creating complete tracks from partial tracks, creating sub-queues of the complete tracks for distributing to each one of the CPUs, and creating demote scan tasks based on workload of the CPUs. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages.


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