Task queuing and dispatching mechanisms in a computational device

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• maintaining a plurality of ordered lists of dispatch queues corresponding to a plurality of processing entities, wherein each dispatch queue includes one or more task control blocks or is empty;
• determining whether a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity is empty in an ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity;
• in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is empty, selecting a task control block for processing by the processing entity from another dispatch queue of the ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity, wherein the another dispatch queue from which the task control block is selected meets a threshold criteria for the processing entity, wherein a data structure indicates that the task control block that was selected was last executed in the processing entity, and wherein in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is not empty, processing at least one task control block in the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity;
• determining that another task control block is ready to be dispatched;
• and
• in response to determining that the another task control block was dispatched earlier, placing the another task control block in a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity on which the another task control block was dispatched earlier.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• maintaining a plurality of ordered lists of dispatch queues corresponding to a plurality of processing entities, wherein each dispatch queue includes one or more task control blocks or is empty;
• determining whether a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity is empty in an ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity;
• in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is empty, selecting a task control block for processing by the processing entity from another dispatch queue of the ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity, wherein the another dispatch queue from which the task control block is selected meets a threshold criteria for the processing entity, wherein a data structure indicates that the task control block that was selected was last executed in the processing entity, and wherein in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is not empty, processing at least one task control block in the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity;
• determining that another task control block is ready to be dispatched;
• and
• in response to determining that the another task control block was dispatched earlier, placing the another task control block in a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity on which the another task control block was dispatched earlier.

A storage system, comprising:

• a first server;
• and
• a second server coupled to the first server, wherein the storage system is configurable to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• maintaining a plurality of ordered lists of dispatch queues corresponding to a plurality of processing entities, wherein each dispatch queue includes one or more task control blocks or is empty;
• determining whether a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity is empty in an ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity;
• in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is empty, selecting a task control block for processing by the processing entity from another dispatch queue of the ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity, wherein the another dispatch queue from which the task control block is selected meets a threshold criteria for the processing entity, wherein a data structure indicates that the task control block that was selected was last executed in the processing entity, and wherein in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is not empty, processing at least one task control block in the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity;
• determining that another task control block is ready to be dispatched;
• and
• in response to determining that the another task control block was dispatched earlier, placing the another task control block in a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity on which the another task control block was dispatched earlier.

A server computational device of a dual-server storage system, the server computational device comprising:

• a cache;
• a non-volatile storage coupled to the cache;
• a processor coupled to the non-volatile storage and the cache, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• maintaining a plurality of ordered lists of dispatch queues corresponding to a plurality of processing entities, wherein each dispatch queue includes one or more task control blocks or is empty;
• determining whether a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity is empty in an ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity;
• in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is empty, selecting a task control block for processing by the processing entity from another dispatch queue of the ordered list of dispatch queues for the processing entity, wherein the another dispatch queue from which the task control block is selected meets a threshold criteria for the processing entity, wherein a data structure indicates that the task control block that was selected was last executed in the processing entity, and wherein in response to determining that the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity is not empty, processing at least one task control block in the primary dispatch queue of the processing entity;
• determining that another task control block is ready to be dispatched;
• and
• in response to determining that the another task control block was dispatched earlier, placing the another task control block in a primary dispatch queue of a processing entity on which the another task control block was dispatched earlier.