Multiprocessor computer system with user specifiable process placement
US6247041A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4856
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for allowing a user process to advise or control an operating system to place a process on a particular node or a node within a set of nodes. When a user process makes a system call to the operating system to either create, execute, move, or attach a process, a specified system resource is passed to the operating system with the system call. This advises the operating system to store the process on a node containing the system resource identified in the system call. The user process can also require the operating system to store a process on a particular node.
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