System and method for supporting adaptive busy wait in a computing environment

Abstract

A system and method can support queue processing in a computing environment such as a distributed data grid. A thread can be associated with a queue in the computing environment, wherein the thread runs on one or more microprocessors that support a central processing unit (CPU). The system can use the thread to process one or more tasks when said one or more tasks arrive at the queue. Furthermore, the system can configure the thread to be in one of a sleep state and an idle state adaptively, when there is no task in the queue.

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[0001] Copyright notice [0002] Part of the disclosure of this patent document contains copyrighted material. The copyright owner does not object to anyone copying and reproducing patent documents or patent disclosures as they appear in patent documents or records of the Patent and Trademark Office, but reserves all copyright rights in other respects in any case. Technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to computer systems, and particularly to thread management in computing environments. Background technique [0004] Modern computing systems (especially those adopted by larger organizations and enterprises) continue to increase in size and complexity. In particular, in fields such as Internet applications, there is an expectation that millions of users should be able to access the application at the same time, which actually leads to an exponential increase in the amount of content generated and consumed by users and transactions involving these content. ....

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Such activity also results in a corresponding increase in the number of transactional calls to databases and metadata repositories, which have limited capacity to accommodate that demand

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