Patent ID: 11886364
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for a host to perform an adaptive hybrid polling technique based on outstanding input/output (OIO) determination, the method comprising:
during a first phase of the technique, determining, by a first determination module of the host, whether a first number of a first type of OIO command exceeds a first threshold while operating in an interrupt mode;
in response to determination that the first number exceeds the first threshold, transitioning, by the first determination module, from the first phase to a second phase of the technique to prepare for a polling mode by disabling the interrupt mode and activating a second determination module of the host; else remaining in an interrupt mode;
during the second phase of the technique, determining, by the second determination module, whether a second number of a second type of OIO command exceeds a second threshold; and
in response to determination that the second number exceeds the second threshold, operating in the polling mode to process completed I/O commands.