Controlled dynamic load balancing for a multiprocessor system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling the allocation of system resources in a multiprocessor system having a plurality of processors and one of said processors storing an object code program in a file and said object code program to be initiated on said multiprocessor system, comprising the steps of:
- writing by a requesting one of said processors which is requesting the execution of said object code program a set of processor allocation parameters into said stored object code program in response to a user command executed by a user of said multiprocessor system;
reading said stored object code program by an allocating one of said processors in order to allocate the execution of said object code program;
allocating an executing one of said processors by said allocating one of said processors in response to said processor allocation parameters which define processor resources in the read object code program to execute said read object code program; and
providing by said requesting one of said processors other processor allocation parameters for use by said allocating step in response to a system call.
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Abstract
A method for allowing a system administrator, application programmer, and/or program user to adjust the processor assignment function in a multiprocessor system. The system administrator controls the assignment function by defining certain system variables and flags. The application programmer can adjust the assignment function by causing allocation parameters to be passed in a system call before execution of the assignment function. To adjust the assignment function, the program user executes a system command that inserts similar allocation parameters into the program object code file stored in a file system on the multiprocessor system. The program executing the assignment function is responsive to the system variables and flags as well as the allocation parameters and performs the assignment function as it has been adjusted on a system, program or user level basis.
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1. A method for controlling the allocation of system resources in a multiprocessor system having a plurality of processors and one of said processors storing an object code program in a file and said object code program to be initiated on said multiprocessor system, comprising the steps of:
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writing by a requesting one of said processors which is requesting the execution of said object code program a set of processor allocation parameters into said stored object code program in response to a user command executed by a user of said multiprocessor system; reading said stored object code program by an allocating one of said processors in order to allocate the execution of said object code program; allocating an executing one of said processors by said allocating one of said processors in response to said processor allocation parameters which define processor resources in the read object code program to execute said read object code program; and providing by said requesting one of said processors other processor allocation parameters for use by said allocating step in response to a system call. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for controlling the allocation of system resources in a multiprocessor system having a plurality of processors and one of said processors storing an object code program in a file and said object code program in a file and said object code program to be initiated on said multiprocessor system, comprising the steps of:
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inserting a set of processor allocation parameters into said stored object code program by a requesting one of said processors which is requesting the execution of said object code program; reading said stored object code program by an allocating one of said processors in order to allocate the execution of said object code program; allocating an executing one of said processors by said allocating one of said processors in response to said processor allocation parameters which define processor resources in the read object code program to execute said read object code program; said step of inserting comprises the step of writing a subset of said processor allocation parameters into said stored object code program in response to a user command executed by a user of said multiprocessor system; storing by said requesting one of said processors a subset of said processor allocation parameters in response to a system call; storing by said allocating one of said processors system processor allocation flags; and said allocating step further in response to said stored system processor allocation flags allocates said executing one of said processors. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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