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Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling the execution of a request handler on a processor resource

  • US 6,704,766 B1
  • Filed: 09/10/1997
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an information handling system in which one or more requesters issue requests to a request handler executing on a processor resource, a method of dynamically controlling the execution of said request handler on said processor resource, comprising the steps of:

  • defining a plurality of modes of executing said request handler on said processor resource, said modes having differing amounts of utilization of said processor resource;

    initially selecting one of said modes of executing said request handler on said processor resource;

    determining the number of requests received from said requesters within a predetermined interval while executing said request handler in a selected mode; and

    transitioning between said modes of executing said request handler in accordance with said number of requests received within said predetermined interval in said selected mode.

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