Priority Promotion for Service Requests
First Claim
1. A method for priority promotion of a service request comprising:
- receiving the service request for a target address space into a set of work requests, the set of work requests comprising a plurality of service requests for the target address space, the service request originating from a source address space, the service request having a priority equivalent to a priority of the target address space, the source address space having a higher priority than the target address space;
determining a number of service requests for the target address space in the set of work requests; and
,in the event the number of service requests for the target address space exceeds a predetermined value, promoting the priority of the service request to the priority of the source address space.
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Abstract
A method for priority promotion of a service request comprises receiving the service request for a target address space into a set of work requests, the set of work requests comprising a plurality of service requests for the target address space, the service request originating from a source address space, the service request having a priority equivalent to a priority of the target address space, the source address space having a higher priority than the target address space; determining a number of service requests for the target address space in the set of work requests; and, in the event the number of service requests for the target address space exceeds a predetermined value, promoting the priority of the service request to the priority of the source address space.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for priority promotion of a service request comprising:
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receiving the service request for a target address space into a set of work requests, the set of work requests comprising a plurality of service requests for the target address space, the service request originating from a source address space, the service request having a priority equivalent to a priority of the target address space, the source address space having a higher priority than the target address space; determining a number of service requests for the target address space in the set of work requests; and
,in the event the number of service requests for the target address space exceeds a predetermined value, promoting the priority of the service request to the priority of the source address space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for priority promotion of a service request, the method comprising:
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receiving the service request for a target address space into a set of work requests, the set of work requests comprising a plurality of service requests for the target address space, the service request originating from a source address space, the service request having a priority equivalent to a priority of the target address space, the source address space having a higher priority than the target address space; determining a number of service requests for the target address space in the set of work requests; and
,in the event the number of service requests for the target address space exceeds a predetermined value, promoting the priority of the service request to the priority of the source address space. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A system for priority promotion of a service request comprising:
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a source address space comprising work executing at a priority of the source address space in the source address space; a target address space, the target address space having a priority lower than the priority of the source address space; a set of work requests, the set of work requests comprising a plurality of service requests for the target address space, the plurality of service requests for the target address space having the priority of the target address space, at least one service request of the plurality of service requests for the target address space being associated with work executing in a source address space; and a promotion module configured to promote the at least one service request associated with the work executing in the source address space to the priority of the source address space in the event that a number of the plurality of service requests for the target address space exceeds a predetermined number. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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