Method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of interrupt delivery at runtime in a network system
US8296490B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Processor affinity of an application/thread may be used to deliver an interrupt caused by the application/thread to a best processor at runtime. The processor to which the interrupt is delivered may either run the target application/thread or be located in the same socket as the processor that runs the target application/thread. The processor affinity of the application/thread may be pushed down at runtime to a network device, a chipset, a memory control hub (“MCH”), or an input/output hub (“IOH”), which will facilitate delivery of the interrupt using that affinity information.
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