JPH10187469A - Process dispatch method for multiprocessor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the process dispatch of multiprocessor with which high- speed processor allocation is enabled and inter-processor load distribution is enabled as well. SOLUTION: A processor queue registering means 4 finds process execution waiting time for each processor by calculating the product of processor allocation waiting process number 21 stored by a processor allocation queue measuring means 21 and average processor occupation time 31 stored by an average processor occupation time measuring means 3. When the difference of this waiting time is settled within a fixed range, it is registered on a processor allocation queue 5 of processor shown by processor allocation information 111 but in the other case, the processor of minimum process execution waiting time in this predicted process execution waiting time for each processor is selected and registered on the processor allocation queue 5 of this processor so as to be executed by this processor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a process dispatching method, and more particularly, to a process dispatching method for a multiprocessor in which a plurality of processors are controlled by a single operating system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional process dispatching method, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-113563 discloses a multi-processor system comprising a plurality of processors.
When trying to group processes that can be executed by any of multiple processors and limit the processors that execute the group to a specific processor, the load between processors should not be biased toward a specific processor. This is a technique for improving the cache performance while distributing the processor load by allowing any processor to execute a process that has not been executed for a certain period of time.

The feature of this technique is that, in a multiprocessor system, a load imbalance between processors, which occurs when a process is allocated to a specific processor and cache performance is improved, is fixed when a process is allocated to a processor. Processes that have been left unexecuted for longer than a certain time are prevented by allowing any processor to execute them.

[0004]

The problem of the prior art described above is that the time actually waited is measured, and if this time is longer than a predetermined time, that is, if the apparatus has been in the state of waiting for a long time of execution. For example, by distributing the load among processors by enabling execution on any processor, the load can be kept even as a result. Is affected by the processor usage of a process located in front of the process in the processor queue, and in some cases, the process is executed by another processor after a long wait. That is.

[0005] In online transaction processing requiring response performance, even if a processor is requested, it is difficult for the processor to be allocated, and as a result, a problem such as deterioration of turnaround time occurs. The reason is that when a process is assigned to a processor and a process is left unexecuted for a certain period of time, the execution wait time that has been left unexecuted is set to allow execution by any processor. Is determined by measuring the time from when a process is registered in a processor queue to when a processor is assigned to the process.

For example, the execution wait time until the last process in the processor queue is assigned a processor is the sum of the processor utilization times of processes located in front of the process in the processor queue. It changes depending on the processor usage of the process located in front of the process in the processor queue. The execution waiting time becomes apparent only when the processor is assigned to the process, and the assignment to another processor is finally permitted.

[0007] Therefore, it is necessary to distribute the load among the processors while keeping the execution waiting time short, that is, when the processor can be quickly allocated to the process requiring the processor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process dispatching method for assigning a processor to a process according to process management information for managing the process in a multiprocessor system in which a plurality of processors are controlled by a single operating system. The present invention provides a process dispatching method in a multiprocessor that enables quick processor allocation without causing a process requiring a processor to wait for a long time, and also enables load distribution between processors.

[0009]

According to the first multiprocessor process dispatch method of the present invention, when the process dispatcher selects a process to be executed next, the process dispatcher itself is executed. By determining and selecting the process to be executed on the same processor as the processor from the processor allocation information in the process management information, and executing the process on the specified processor, the process is executed. A multiprocessor process dispatching method capable of being executed by the specific processor, wherein the processor allocation queue measuring unit measures the number of the processes on a processor queue for each processor. Number of quota queues and previous From the average processor occupancy time measured by the average processor occupancy time measuring means for measuring the average processor occupancy time of the process executed by the processor for each processor, when registering the processor in the queue, The process execution waiting time is predicted, and when the difference between the process execution waiting times is within a certain range, the processor assignment waiting time of the processor indicated by the processor information assigned to the process in the process management information. When the process is registered in a queue, and the difference between the process execution waiting times is not within a certain range, the processor having the smallest process execution waiting time among the predicted process execution waiting times for the respective processors. Select the processor for this processor By registering the allocation queue, load of the processor while selecting the processor to be allocated as given evenly without being biased to a particular said processor to perform the process in particular the processor.

[0010] The second multiprocessor process dispatching method according to the present invention is the first multiprocessor process dispatching method, wherein (a) the process management information of the process requiring the processor is included in the process management information. A processor to be assigned to the process with reference to the processor assignment information, and a first process for obtaining a process execution waiting time by integrating the average processor occupation time and the number of processes waiting to be assigned in the processor management information corresponding to the processor; And (b)
A second step of comparing the process execution waiting time with a preset threshold value; and (c) determining that the process execution waiting time is smaller than the threshold value in the second step. A third step of selecting the processor indicated in the processor allocation information of the process management information of the process; and (d) in the second step, the process execution waiting time is longer than the threshold value. A fourth step of calculating the process execution waiting time by integrating the average processor occupation time in the processor management information and the number of processes waiting to be assigned, for all of the processors; The smallest wait time among the process execution wait times determined in the step A fifth step of selecting a processor; (f) a sixth step of obtaining a priority of the process in the process management information of the process which has requested the processor; and (g) a fourth step. Following the queue of the processor, which is a connection of the process management information, based on the queue list head pointer in the processor management information of the selected processor, the process of the process is performed in accordance with the priority obtained in the sixth step. Registering the process management information in a queue of the processor.

A third multiprocessor process dispatching method according to the present invention is the first multiprocessor process dispatching method, wherein the average processor occupation time measuring means includes a step of: Measure the time from assigning the processor to the process until the process surrenders the processor, accumulate it as the processor occupied cumulative time corresponding to the processor, and add 1 to the number of process dispatches, and At each interval, the cumulative processor occupancy time is divided by the number of process dispatches to determine the average processor occupancy time of the process.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a process dispatch system for a multiprocessor according to the present invention includes a process management information 11, a processor allocation information 111, a processor allocation queue measuring unit 2,
A processor allocation waiting process number 21, an average processor occupation time measuring means 3, a processor average processor occupation time 31, a processor occupation accumulated time 32,
It comprises a dispatch count 33, a processor queue registration means 4, a processor queue 5, a process dispatch means 6, and processors 71 to 74.
Further, the process management information 11 includes processor allocation information 111.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the queue 5 of the processors of the process management information group 1, processor allocation information 111 indicating which processor is allocated to a process is set for each process. The processor assignment queue measuring means 2 is called when the processor queue registering means 4 registers a process in the processor queue 5, and is present on the processor queue 5 of the processor on which the processor assignment queue measuring means 2 itself operates. The number of processes waiting for processor assignment to be processed is counted and stored in the number of processes waiting for processor assignment 21.

The average processor occupation time measuring means 3 measures the time from when a process is allocated to a process to when the process surrenders when the process surrenders the processor, and determines the processor occupancy corresponding to the processor on which the process operates. The total time 32 is added to the total time 32, and the process dispatch number 33 is added by 1. At regular intervals, the processor total time 32 is divided by the process dispatch number 33 to obtain the average processor occupation time of the process. At the time of storing, the accumulated processor occupation time 32 and the process dispatch count 33 are cleared to zero.

When a processor allocation request to a process occurs, the processor queue registering means 4
For each processor, calculate the product of the processor allocation waiting process number 21 stored by the processor allocation queue measuring means 2 and the average processor occupation time 31 stored by the average processor occupation time measuring means 3;
A process execution waiting time for each processor is obtained. If the difference between the waiting times is within a certain range, the process execution waiting time is stored in the processor assignment queue 5 of the processor indicated by the processor assignment information 111 assigned to the process in the process management information 11. If the difference between the waiting times is not within a certain range, the processor having the smallest process execution waiting time among the predicted process execution waiting times for each processor is selected and executed by this processor. The processor's allocation queue 5 for this processor
Register with.

The process dispatching means 6 selects the first process in the processor queue assigned to the processor (any one of the processors 71 to 74) on which the process dispatching means 6 itself operates, and selects the processor on which it operates (the processors 71 to 74). 74).

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing system to which the process dispatching method of the multiprocessor of the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 2, the information processing system includes processors 71 and 72, a shared memory 8, and a system bus 9. In the shared memory 8, the process management information group 1, the processor allocation queue measurement unit 2, the average processor occupation time measurement unit 3, the processor queue registration unit 4, the process dispatch unit 6, the processor management information 12, , The accumulated processor occupation time 32 and the number of dispatches 33 are stored. The processor management information 12 includes an allocation waiting process number 21, an average processor occupation time 31, and a queue list top pointer 121. The process management information group 1 is a set of process management information 11. The queue 5 of the processor is defined as a connection of a plurality of pieces of process management information 11. The process management information 11 includes processor allocation information 111, priority 112, and queue list pointer 113.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, two processors 71 and 72 of a processor 1 and a processor 2 are connected to a system bus 9, and each processor accesses the shared memory 8 through the system bus 9.

In the shared memory 8, the average processor occupation time 31, the number of processes waiting to be allocated 21, the processor management information 12 for recording the queue list head pointer 121, the average processor occupation time measuring means 3, the average processor occupation time measurement Process management information 11 for recording the processor occupied total time 32 and the dispatch count 33 used by the means 3, processor allocation information 111 indicating which processor is to be executed for each process, priority 112, and queue list pointer 113; The process management information group 1, which is a set of process management information 11 of each process, the processor queue registration unit 4, and the processor queue registration unit 4 measure the number of call queues at the time of queue registration, and assign the number in the processor management information 12. Waiting process Processor allocation queue measuring means 2 for storing the number 21, process dispatch unit 6 is present.

The average processor occupation time 31 in the processor management information 12 is calculated by the average processor occupation time measuring means 3.
Measures the time from the assignment of a processor to a process when the process surrenders the processor until the process surrenders the processor, accumulates the time in the processor occupation accumulated time 32 corresponding to the processor on which the process operates, and The number of dispatches 33 is incremented by 1, and at regular intervals, the total processor occupation time 32 is divided by the number of process dispatches 33 to obtain and store the average processor occupation time of the process. And when you register,
The processor occupation cumulative time 32 and the process dispatch count 33 are cleared to zero. Processor management information 12
The processor queue registration unit 4 uses the processor allocation queue measurement unit 2 to increase the number of processes waiting to be assigned to +1 when registering the queue and -1 when assigning the processor to the process. Holds the number of processes waiting for.

The queue list top pointer 121 in the processor management information 12 stores a pointer to the process management information 11 of the process when the processor queue registration unit 4 registers the process in the processor queue 5 for the first time. , And if a queue already exists,
The priority 112 of the process for newly enqueuing is
Priority 112 in process management information 11 indicated by queue list top pointer 121 in processor management information 12
If it is larger, that is, if the priority of the process is higher than the priority of the group of processes currently waiting for the processor, the process is updated with the pointer to the process management information 11 of the process.

The processor assignment information 111 in the process management information 11 in the process management information group 1 stores in advance the processor number of the processor to be assigned to each process. As the priority 112 in the process management information 11 in the process management information group 1, the execution priority of each process is stored in advance. The queue list pointer 113 in the process management information 11 in the process management information group 1 is updated when the processor queue registration unit 4 registers a process in the processor queue.

Next, the detailed operation of the processor queue registration means 4 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the algorithm of the processor queue registration means 4. First, when a process requests a processor, control is transferred to a processor queue registration unit 4 which is a part of the operating system (Step 1 in FIG. 3). The processor queue registration means 4 refers to the processor assignment information 111 in the process management information 11 of the process requiring the processor, finds a processor to be assigned to the process, and obtains an average processor in the corresponding processor management information 12. The occupation time 31 and the number of processes waiting to be allocated 21 are integrated to obtain a process execution waiting time (step 2 in FIG. 3). Next, the obtained assignment waiting time is compared with a preset threshold value (step 3 in FIG. 3). As a result of the comparison, when the process execution waiting time is smaller than the threshold value, the processor indicated by the processor assignment information 111 in the process management information 11 of the process is selected (Step 5 in FIG. 3), and the process execution waiting time is set to the threshold. When the value is larger than the value, the average processor occupation time 31 and the number of processes waiting to be allocated 21 in the processor management information 12 for all processors are integrated to obtain a process execution waiting time (step 4 in FIG. 3). The processor having the shortest waiting time is selected (step 6 in FIG. 3). Next, the priority 112 of the process in the process management information 11 of the process which requested the processor is obtained (Step 7 in FIG. 3). Then, a queue list top pointer 121 in the processor management information 12 of the selected processor is obtained, the queue 5 is traced, and the process management information 11 of the process is registered in the queue list according to the priority obtained earlier. (Step 8 in FIG. 3).

[0025]

As described above, according to the process dispatching method of the present invention, a plurality of processors execute processes in a multiprocessor system controlled by a single operating system in accordance with process management information for managing processes. In the process dispatch method for allocating a processor, when a processor requests a process, that is, when the process is registered in a processor queue, the process execution waiting time for each processor is calculated based on the number of processes in the processor allocation queue for each processor and the average processor occupation time. If the difference between the waiting times is within a certain range, the difference is registered in the processor assignment queue of the processor indicated by the processor information assigned to the process in the process management information, and the difference between the waiting times is constant. Range of If not within, select the processor with the lowest process execution latency in the process execution latency for each of the predicted processor of
By registering in the processor assignment queue of this processor, it is possible to quickly assign a processor without waiting for a process requiring the processor for a long time, and to evenly distribute the processor load to a specific processor. And the load distribution between the processors can be made possible. In the online transaction processing that requires the response performance, the turnaround time can be secured without increasing the processor waiting time. It has the effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an algorithm of a processor queue registration unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Process management information group 2 Processor allocation queue measuring means 3 Average processor occupation time measuring means 4 Processor queue registration means 5 Processor queue 6 Process dispatch means 8 Shared memory 9 System bus 11 Process management information 12 Processor management information 21 Allocation Number of waiting processes 31 Average processor occupation time 32 Cumulative processor occupation time 33 Number of dispatches 71 to 74 Processor 111 Processor allocation information 112 Priority 113 Queue list pointer 121 Queue list top pointer

Claims (3)

[Claims] When the process dispatcher selects a process to be executed next, the process dispatcher manages the process to be executed on the same processor as the processor on which the process dispatcher itself is executed. In the process dispatching method of a multiprocessor capable of executing and executing the process on the specified processor by determining and selecting from the processor allocation information in the information and executing the process on the specified processor, The number of processor allocation queues measured by the processor allocation queue measuring unit that measures the number of processes on the processor queue for each processor, and the average of the processes executed by the processor for each processor. Processor occupancy time From the average processor occupation time measured by the average processor occupation time measuring means, the process execution waiting time for each of the processors is predicted at the time of registration in the queue of the processor. If the difference is within a certain range, the process is registered in the processor assignment queue of the processor indicated by the processor information assigned to the process in the process management information, and the difference in the process execution waiting time is reduced. If it is not within a certain range, the processor having the smallest process execution wait time among the predicted process execution wait times for each processor is selected and registered in the processor assignment queue of this processor. By doing so, the load of the processor While selecting the processor to be allocated as given evenly without being biased, process dispatch method in a multiprocessor, characterized by performing said process in particular the processor. And (a) determining the processor to be assigned to the process by referring to the processor assignment information in the process management information of the process that requires the processor. A first step of calculating the process execution waiting time by integrating the average processor occupation time and the number of processes waiting to be allocated, and (b) comparing the process execution waiting time with a preset threshold value. 2) and (c) in the second step,
A third step of selecting the processor indicated in the processor allocation information of the process management information of the process when it is determined that the process execution waiting time is smaller than the threshold value; In the step, when it is determined that the process execution waiting time is larger than the threshold value, the average processor occupation time in the processor management information and the number of allocation waiting processes are integrated for all the processors, and the process execution time is calculated. A fourth step for determining the waiting time;
(E) a fifth step of selecting the processor having the shortest wait time among the process execution wait times obtained in the fourth step, and (f) the process of the process requesting the processor. A sixth step of obtaining the priority of the process in process management information;
(G) tracing a processor queue which is a connection of the process management information based on a queue list head pointer in the processor management information of the processor selected in the fourth step, and acquiring the queue in the sixth step 7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: registering the process management information of the process in a queue of the processor according to the determined priority. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the average processor occupation time measuring means determines whether or not the process yields the processor.
Measuring the time from assigning the processor to the process until the process surrenders the processor,
Accumulate as the processor occupied cumulative time corresponding to the processor, and count the number of process dispatches as 1
2. The process dispatching method according to claim 1, wherein the average processor occupation time of the process is obtained by adding and dividing the total processor occupation time by the number of process dispatches at regular intervals.