公开(公告)号：US20120079500A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US12893748

申请日：2010-09-29

申请人： Michael S. Floyd ,  Christopher Francois ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Karthick Rajamani ,  Freeman Leigh Rawson, III ,  Randal C. Swanberg

发明人： Michael S. Floyd ,  Christopher Francois ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Karthick Rajamani ,  Freeman Leigh Rawson, III ,  Randal C. Swanberg

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06F11/3409 ,  G06F11/3438

摘要： Accounting charges are assigned to workloads by measuring a relative use of computing resources by the workloads, then scaling the results using determined work-rate for the corresponding workload. Usage metrics for the individual resources may be selectable for the resources being measured and the work-rates may be determined from an analytical model or from empirical model that determines work-rates from an indication of processor throughput. Under single workload conditions on a platform, or other suitable conditions, a workload type may be used to select the particular usage metrics applied for the various resources.

摘要翻译： 通过测量工作负载的计算资源的相对使用，然后使用确定的相应工作负载工作率来缩放结果，将会计费用分配给工作负载。 可以针对被测量的资源选择各个资源的使用度量，并且可以从分析模型或经验模型确定工作速率，该经验模型根据处理器吞吐量的指示来确定工作率。 在平台上的单个工作负载条件或其他合适的条件下，可以使用工作负载类型来选择应用于各种资源的特定使用度量。

公开(公告)号：US08099570B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-17

申请号：US12035695

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： James A. O'Connor ,  Kanwal Bahri ,  Daniel J. Henderson ,  Luis A. Lastras-Montano ,  Warren E. Maule ,  Michael Mueller ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Richard Nicholas ,  Eric E. Retter ,  William J. Starke ,  Michael R. Trombley ,  Kenneth L. Wright

发明人： James A. O'Connor ,  Kanwal Bahri ,  Daniel J. Henderson ,  Luis A. Lastras-Montano ,  Warren E. Maule ,  Michael Mueller ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Richard Nicholas ,  Eric E. Retter ,  William J. Starke ,  Michael R. Trombley ,  Kenneth L. Wright

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/28

CPC分类号： G06F11/1666 ,  G06F11/1076 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F12/0246 ,  G06F2211/1088

摘要： Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamic selective memory mirroring in solid state devices. An amount of memory is reserved. Sections of the memory to select for mirroring in the reserved memory are dynamically determined. The selected sections of the memory contain critical areas. The selected sections of the memory are mirrored in the reserved memory.

摘要翻译： 为固态设备中的动态选择性存储器镜像提供了方法，系统和计算机程序产品。 保留一定量的内存。 用于在保留的存储器中选择镜像的存储器的部分是动态确定的。 存储器的选定部分包含关键区域。 存储器的选定部分被镜像在保留的存储器中。

公开(公告)号：US08055838B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-08

申请号：US10624808

申请日：2003-07-22

申请人： David Alan Bailey ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

发明人： David Alan Bailey ,  William Joseph Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gregory Michael Nordstrom

IPC分类号： G06F13/10

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077

摘要： A partition manager includes an I/O reconfiguration mechanism and a logical partition suspend/resume mechanism that work together to perform autonomic I/O reconfiguration in a logically partitioned computer system. When I/O reconfiguration is required, the affected logical partitions are suspended, the I/O is reconfigured, and the affected logical partitions are resumed. Because the logical partitions are suspended during I/O reconfiguration, any ghost packet that may occur when the I/O is reconfigured is ignored.

摘要翻译： 分区管理器包括I / O重新配置机制和逻辑分区挂起/恢复机制，其协同工作以在逻辑分区的计算机系统中执行自主I / O重新配置。 当需要I / O重新配置时，受影响的逻辑分区将被挂起，重新配置I / O，并恢复受影响的逻辑分区。 因为逻辑分区在I / O重新配置期间被挂起，所以当I / O被重新配置时可能发生的任何ghost数据包被忽略。

公开(公告)号：US08019962B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-13

申请号：US11735809

申请日：2007-04-16

申请人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Michael J. Corrigan ,  Stuart Zachary Jacobs ,  David Anthony Larson ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Wade Byron Ouren

发明人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Michael J. Corrigan ,  Stuart Zachary Jacobs ,  David Anthony Larson ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Wade Byron Ouren

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/10 ,  G06F9/4856 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F12/08 ,  G06F12/1036 ,  G06F12/109

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method for tracking the state of a migrating logical partition. Embodiments may use the state to determine the readiness and/or appropriateness of a page of the logical partition for transferring. The state may include a value or other data used to track changes affecting the page or the relative ease and/or appropriateness of migrating the page. A page manager table with entries corresponding to the state of each page of the logical partition may be used to track the state while the logical partition continues to run during a migration.

摘要翻译： 用于跟踪迁移逻辑分区的状态的装置，程序产品和方法。 实施例可以使用该状态来确定用于传送的逻辑分区的页面的准备和/或适当性。 状态可以包括用于跟踪影响页面的变化的值或其他数据，或迁移页面的相对容易度和/或适当性。 可以使用具有与逻辑分区的每个页面的状态对应的条目的页面管理器表来跟踪状态，同时逻辑分区在迁移期间继续运行。

公开(公告)号：US07822942B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-26

申请号：US12054538

申请日：2008-03-25

申请人： Michael J. Corrigan ,  Paul LuVerne Godtland ,  Joaquin Hinojosa ,  Cathy May ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Edward John Silha

发明人： Michael J. Corrigan ,  Paul LuVerne Godtland ,  Joaquin Hinojosa ,  Cathy May ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Edward John Silha

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/1036 ,  G06F12/126 ,  G06F2212/1016 ,  G06F2212/683

摘要： An apparatus and method selectively invalidate entries in an address translation cache instead of invalidating all, or nearly all, entries. One or more translation mode bits are provided in each entry in the address translation cache. These translation mode bits may be set according to the addressing mode used to create the cache entry. One or more “hint bits” are defined in an instruction that allow specifying which of the entries in the address translation cache are selectively preserved during an invalidation operation according to the value(s) of the translation mode bit(s). In the alternative, multiple instructions may be defined to preserve entries in the address translation cache that have specified addressing modes. In this manner, more intelligence is used to recognize that some entries in the address translation cache may be valid after a task or partition switch, and may therefore be retained, while other entries are invalidated.

摘要翻译： 一种装置和方法选择性地使地址转换高速缓存中的条目无效，而不是使所有或几乎所有条目无效。 在地址转换高速缓存中的每个条目中提供一个或多个翻译模式位。 可以根据用于创建高速缓存条目的寻址模式来设置这些转换模式位。 在指令中定义一个或多个“提示位”，该指令允许根据翻译模式位的值来指定在无效操作期间选择性地保留地址转换高速缓存中的哪些条目。 在替代方案中，可以定义多个指令以保留具有指定寻址模式的地址转换高速缓存中的条目。 以这种方式，使用更多的智能来识别地址转换高速缓存中的一些条目在任务或分区切换之后可能是有效的，并且因此可以被保留，而其他条目无效。

公开(公告)号：US07765428B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US12330087

申请日：2008-12-08

申请人： William J. Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gary R. Ricard

发明人： William J. Armstrong ,  Naresh Nayar ,  Gary R. Ricard

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/203 ,  G06F9/5066 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2035

摘要： Replacing a failing physical processor in a computer supporting multiple logical partitions, where the logical partitions include dedicated partitions and shared processor partitions, the dedicated partitions are supported by virtual processors having assigned physical processors, and the shared processor partitions are supported by pools of virtual processors. The pools of virtual processors have assigned physical processors. Embodiments operate generally by assigning priorities to the dedicated partitions and to the pools of virtual processors; detecting a checkstop of a failing physical processor; retrieving the failing physical processor's state; replacing by a hypervisor the failing physical processor with a replacement physical processor assigned to a dedicated partition or pool, which dedicated partition or pool has the lowest priority among the priorities of the dedicated partitions and pools; and assigning the retrieved state of the failing physical processor as the state of the replacement physical processor.

摘要翻译： 在支持多个逻辑分区（其中逻辑分区包括专用分区和共享处理器分区）的计算机中替换故障物理处理器，专用分区由具有分配的物理处理器的虚拟处理器支持，并且共享处理器分区由虚拟处理器池支持 。 虚拟处理器池分配了物理处理器。 实施例通常通过将优先级分配给专用分区和虚拟处理器池来进行操作; 检测故障物理处理器的检查停止; 检索故障物理处理器的状态; 由管理程序替换故障物理处理器，其中分配给专用分区或池的替换物理处理器，专用分区或池在专用分区和池的优先级中具有最低优先级; 以及将所述故障物理处理器的检索状态分配为所述替换物理处理器的状态。

公开(公告)号：US07698700B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US10418566

申请日：2003-04-17

申请人： William J. Armstrong ,  Robert J. Battista ,  Christopher Francois ,  Naresh Nayar

发明人： William J. Armstrong ,  Robert J. Battista ,  Christopher Francois ,  Naresh Nayar

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F8/656

摘要： Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for allowing an update to an executable component, such as a logical partitioning operating system, running on a computer system without requiring a reboot (or IPL) of the computer system are provided. Processors or tasks executing in a portion of code being updated may be forced to a known or “quiesced” state (e.g., designated wait points) before applying the update. If any of the processors or tasks are not in their quiesced state, the update is not applied or may be rescheduled for a later time, in an effort to allow the system to reach the quiesced state.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于允许更新在计算机系统上运行的可执行组件（诸如逻辑分区操作系统）的方法，系统和制品，而不需要计算机系统的重启（或IPL）。 在更新的代码的一部分中执行的处理器或任务可能在应用更新之前被强制为已知或“静态”状态（例如，指定的等待点）。 如果处理器或任务中的任何一个处于静止状态，则不会更新该应用程序，或者可能会在稍后的时间内重新安排更新程序，以使系统达到静默状态。

公开(公告)号：US20090138220A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-28

申请号：US11946551

申请日：2007-11-28

申请人： Robert H. Bell, JR. ,  Louis B. Capps, JR. ,  Thomas E. Cook ,  Michael J. Shapiro ,  Naresh Nayar

发明人： Robert H. Bell, JR. ,  Louis B. Capps, JR. ,  Thomas E. Cook ,  Michael J. Shapiro ,  Naresh Nayar

IPC分类号： G01R21/02 ,  G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F12/0817 ,  Y02D10/13

摘要： A directory-based coherency method, system and program are provided for intervening a requested cache line from a plurality of candidate memory sources in a multiprocessor system on the basis of the sensed temperature or power dissipation value at each memory source. By providing temperature or power dissipation sensors in each of the candidate memory sources (e.g., at cores, cache memories, memory controller, etc.) that share a requested cache line, control logic may be used to determine which memory source should source the cache line by using the power sensor signals to signal only the memory source with acceptable power dissipation to provide the cache line to the requester.

摘要翻译： 基于目录的一致性方法，系统和程序被提供用于基于每个存储器源处的感测温度或功率耗散值来在多处理器系统中从多个候选存储器源插入所请求的高速缓存行。 通过在共享所请求的高速缓存行的每个候选存储器源（例如，在内核，高速缓冲存储器，存储器控制器等）中提供温度或功率耗散传感器，可以使用控制逻辑来确定哪个存储器源应该来源于高速缓存 通过使用功率传感器信号仅以可接受的功率消耗信号通知存储器源，以向请求器提供高速缓存线。

公开(公告)号：US20080168258A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-10

申请号：US11621393

申请日：2007-01-09

申请人： William J. Armstrong ,  Richard L. Arndt ,  Michael J. Corrigan ,  Giles R. Frazier ,  Timothy R. Marchini ,  Cathy May ,  Naresh Nayar ,  John T. O'Quin

发明人： William J. Armstrong ,  Richard L. Arndt ,  Michael J. Corrigan ,  Giles R. Frazier ,  Timothy R. Marchini ,  Cathy May ,  Naresh Nayar ,  John T. O'Quin

IPC分类号： G06F15/76 ,  G06F9/30

CPC分类号： G06F9/30101 ,  G06F9/30181 ,  G06F9/468

摘要： A method and system for selecting the architecture level to which a processor appears to conform within a computing environment when executing specific logical partitions or programs and performing migration among different levels of processor architecture. The method utilizes a “processor compatibility register” (PCR) that controls the level of the architecture that the processor appears to support. In one embodiment, the PCR is accessible only to super-privileged software. The super-privileged software sets bits in the PCR that specify the architecture level that the processor is to appear to support so that when the program runs on the processor, the processor behaves in accordance with the architecture level for which the program was designed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在执行特定逻辑分区或程序并且在不同级别的处理器架构之间执行迁移时，选择处理器在计算环境内符合的架构级别的方法和系统。 该方法利用“处理器兼容性寄存器”（PCR）来控制处理器似乎支持的架构级别。 在一个实施方案中，PCR仅可用于超特权软件。 超级特权软件设置PCR中的位，指定处理器将要支持的架构级别，以便当程序在处理器上运行时，处理器的行为与程序设计的架构级别相符。

公开(公告)号：US20080134188A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-05

申请号：US11970816

申请日：2008-01-08

申请人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Peter Joseph Heyrman ,  Naresh Nayar

发明人： William Joseph Armstrong ,  Peter Joseph Heyrman ,  Naresh Nayar

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F9/52 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F9/5022 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99957

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method support the deallocation of a data structure in a multithreaded computer without requiring the use of computationally expensive semaphores or spin locks. Specifically, access to a data structure is governed by a shared pointer that, when a request is received to deallocate the data structure, is initially set to a value that indicates to any thread that later accesses the pointer that the data structure is not available. In addition, to address any thread that already holds a copy of the shared pointer, and thus is capable of accessing the data structure via the shared pointer after the initiation of the request, all such threads are monitored to determine whether any thread is still using the shared pointer by determining whether any thread is executing program code that is capable of using the shared pointer to access the data structure. Once this condition is met, it is ensured that no thread can potentially access the data structure via the shared pointer, and as such, the data structure may then be deallocated.