Thermal awareness extension for operating system task scheduler

An apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory memory configured to store one or more central processing unit (CPU) instructions;
• a controller firmware coupled to at least one of a plurality of processors, the controller firmware configured to generate a hint directive to schedule a wait pattern for an idle processor and a busy processor;
• and
• the plurality of processors coupled to the non-transitory memory, wherein the at least one of the plurality of processors is configured to use the one or more CPU instructions to execute an active load balance operation upon receipt of the hint directive.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, operable on a device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to implement task scheduling with thermal awareness, the computer executable code comprising:

• instructions for causing a computer to use a control firmware to generate a hint directive with an idle processor identification and a busy processor identification;
• instructions for causing the computer to send a thermal awareness extension (TAE) interrupt request (IRQ) handler directive message upon receipt of the hint directive;
• instructions for causing the computer to schedule a wait pattern for an idle processor and a busy processor;
• and
• instructions for causing the computer to execute an active load balance operation between the idle processor and the busy processor.