System and method for affinity dispatching for task management in an emulated multiprocessor environment

A computer program product having a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for managing task assignment among a host system's instruction processors (IPs) of a host system by a task manager running on emulated IPs that are hosted on the host system, the computer program product comprising:

• code for binding one or more of the host system's IPs to one or more of the emulated IPs;
• and
• code for performing affinity-based task management, by said task manager, for managing tasks assigned among the host system's IPs.

A system for task management in a multiprocessor computer system, the system comprising:

• means for binding one or more of a host system's actual instruction processor's (IPs) to one or more emulated IPs that are hosted on the host system;
• and
• means, running on the emulated IPs for performing affinity-based task management for managing tasks assigned among the host system's actual IPs, wherein the management means directly managing assignment of tasks among the emulated IPs, and wherein the binding means facilitates indirect management of the assignment of tasks among the host system's actual IPs.