Appeal No. 2002-0792
Application 08/801,646
shared arena requesting that one or more processors from the
plurality of processors be assigned to process the plurality
of threads from the first program;
setting, via the first kernel level scheduler, a number
allocated variable within the first shared arena indicating
the number of first processors that are assigned to process
the plurality of threads from the first program;
assigning one or more threads of the plurality of
threads from the first program to each of the assigned first
processors, wherein the step of assigning includes the step
of reading register context from one of the plurality of
register save areas within the first shared arena;
adding to the number allocated variable within the
first shared arena a number indicating the number of second
processors that are assigned to process the plurality of
threads from the first program;
assigning one or more threads of the plurality of
threads from the first program to each of the assigned
second processors, wherein the step of assigning includes
the step of reading register context from one of the
plurality of register save areas within the first shared
arena;
setting a number requested variable within the second
shared arena requesting that one or more processors from the
plurality of processors be assigned to process the plurality
of threads from the second program;
setting, via the first kernel level scheduler, a number
allocated variable within the second shared arena indicating
the number of first processors that are assigned to process
the plurality of threads from the second program; and
assigning one or more threads of the plurality of
threads from the second program to each of the assigned
first processors, wherein the step of assigning includes the
step of reading register context from one of the plurality
of register save areas within the second shared arena.
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