Patent ID: 7562363
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for gang scheduling, the method comprising: a first member of a gang recognizing an event, the gang including the first member and a plurality of other members; and in response to said recognition of the event, the first member sending a multicast dispatch message to the plurality of other members, the multicast dispatch message including an indication of a gang priority level; and the plurality of other members receiving the multicast dispatch message; and in response: each particular member of the plurality of other members raising a priority level of a process associated with said each particular member to that corresponding to the gang priority level in order to cause an approximate or actual simultaneous response to the multicast dispatch message on each of the plurality of other gang members, and then performing an operation associated with the multicast dispatch message in said process at the gang priority level; wherein the priority level of the first member is raised to the gang priority level before said sending the multicast dispatch message.