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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert M. Dinkjian, Round Rock, TX (US);
Lyndsi R. Parker, Austin, TX (US);
Giang C. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Bill N. On, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An order controller calculates an absolute value of a difference between a first counter value stored with a first next entry set to an active status in a first queue from among at least two queues and a second counter value stored with a second next entry set to the active status in a second queue. The order controller compares the absolute value with a counter midpoint value. The order controller, responsive to the absolute value being less than the counter midpoint value, selects a smaller value of the first counter value of the first counter value and the second counter value as a next event to process. The order controller, responsive to the absolute value being greater than or equal to the counter midpoint value, selects a larger value of the first counter value and the second counter value as the next event to process.