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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Claude Basso, Nice, FR;
Nikolaos Chrysos, Thalwil, CH;
Casimer M. DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mircea Gusat, Langnau, CH;
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Cyriel J. Minkenberg, Gutenswil, CH;
Fredy D. Neeser, Langnau Am Albis, CH;
Kenneth M. Valk, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a flow from a head of a first control queue or a second control queue. The method also includes providing service to the selected flow. Moreover, the method includes decreasing a service credit of the selected flow by an amount corresponding to an amount of service provided to the selected flow. In another embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith. The embodied program code is readable/executable by a device to select, by the device, a flow from a head of a first control queue or a second control queue. The embodied program code is also readable/executable to provide, by the device, service to the selected flow, and decrease, by the device, a service credit of the selected flow by an amount corresponding to an amount of service provided to the selected flow.