Processor provisioning by a middleware system for a plurality of logical processor partitions

A multiprocessor system for efficiently allocating workload in middleware for a plurality of user processing requests among a plurality of processors comprising:

• a computer system including the plurality of processors configured to:
• assess a current processing workload for the plurality of user processing requests;
• subdivide a processing capability of the multiprocessor system into a plurality of processing units based on the current processing workload;
• executing a plurality of protected processes started by one or more service applications on the plurality of processing units to service the user processing requests such that the number of protected processes is allowed to exceed the number of processing units;
• allocate a portion of a shared memory space to each of the processing units;
• generate a processing queue for each of the processing units, wherein each processing queue has access to a corresponding portion of the shared memory space;
• assign a portion of each user processing request to one or more of the processing queues;
• and
• service the portion of each user processing request by one or more of the plurality of protected processes as the portion of each user processing request is released for execution by a corresponding processing queue.

A computer program product for efficiently allocating workload in middleware for a plurality of user processing requests among a plurality of processors in a multiprocessor system comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to:
• assess a current processing workload for the plurality of user processing requests;
• subdivide a processing capability of the multiprocessor system into plurality of processing units based on the current processing workload;
• execute a plurality of protected processes started by one or more service applications on the plurality of processing units to service the user processing requests such that the number of protected processes is allowed to exceed the number of processing units;
• allocate a portion of a shared memory space to each of the processing units;
• generate a processing queue for each of the processing units, wherein each processing queue has access to a corresponding portion of the shared memory space;
• assign a portion of each user processing request to one or more of the processing queues;
• and
• service the portion of each user processing request by one or more of the plurality of protected processes as the portion of each user processing request is released for execution by a corresponding processing queue.