Patent ID: 8180941
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a data processing system, for controlling access to a resource, comprising: generating and granting a token to a resource allocation group, wherein the resource allocation group comprises one or more requester devices within the data processing system, and wherein the resource allocation group is one of a plurality of resource allocation groups in the data processing system; obtaining request information from a group of request storage devices, separate from the one or more requester devices and allocated, from a plurality of storage devices, to the resource allocation group and the resource, wherein the group of request storage devices is separated into a first sub-group of high priority request storage devices and a second sub-group of low priority request storage devices; selecting a requester device from the one or more requester devices to receive the token based on the request information obtained from the group of request storage devices; and granting the token to the selected requester device, wherein the selected requester device uses the token to access the resource.