De-duplicating remote procedure calls

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored on it, which, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating a plurality of local pending remote procedure calls;
• identifying a set of duplicate remote procedure calls among the plurality of remote procedure calls based upon, at least in part, determining that equivalent data that will be returned in response to each of the plurality of remote procedure calls, wherein at least one of the remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is a foreground request and at least one of the remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is a background request;
• associating each remote procedure call within the set of duplicate remote procedure calls with one another;
• executing, on the processor, a remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls, wherein executing the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls includes selecting a representative remote procedure call from the set of duplicate remote procedure calls to execute while other members of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls wait for the execution of the representative remote procedure call,
• wherein at least one of the foreground request is given priority over the background request even in the event where the background request was added earlier to the queue, and the background request is given priority over the foreground request even in the event where the foreground request was added earlier to the queue,
• wherein, if the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is maintained in a local cache and the remote procedure call is accessible to the processor that generated the remote procedure call, then the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is not executed;
• and
• providing a response for the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls to the other remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls.

A computing system comprising:

• a processor device;
• and
• a memory architecture coupled with the processor device;
• wherein the processor device is configured for:
• generating a plurality of local pending remote procedure calls;
• identifying a set of duplicate remote procedure calls among the plurality of remote procedure calls based upon, at least in part, determining that equivalent data that will be returned in response to each of the plurality of remote procedure calls, wherein at least one of the remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is a foreground request and at least one of the remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is a background request;
• associating each remote procedure call within the set of duplicate remote procedure calls with one another;
• executing, on the processor, a remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls, wherein executing the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls includes selecting a representative remote procedure call from the set of duplicate remote procedure calls to execute while other members of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls wait for the execution of the representative remote procedure call,
• wherein at least one of the foreground request is given priority over the background request even in the event where the background request was added earlier to the queue, and the background request is given priority over the foreground request even in the event where the foreground request was added earlier to the queue,
• wherein, if the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is maintained in a local cache and the remote procedure call is accessible to the processor that generated the remote procedure call, then the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls is not executed;
• and
• providing a response for the remote procedure call of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls to the other remote procedure calls of the set of duplicate remote procedure calls.