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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Dar-Der Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Hsing Heng Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Dominic Potter, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a method includes assigning, to each respective task queue of a plurality of task queues, a respective priority ratio based at least in part on a number of tasks in the respective task queue. The method further includes assigning, by a processor of a plurality of processors, respective tasks from the respective task queues to at least one processor of the plurality of processors in an order based at least in part on the respective priority ratio, wherein the respective priority ratio defines a relative frequency with which tasks from the respective task queue are assigned to the at leak one processor.