Method, system, and article of manufacture for adjusting interrupt levels

A system for adjusting interrupts from a plurality of interrupt generating agents at a computational device, comprising:

• an interrupt monitoring application coupled to the computational device, wherein the interrupt monitoring application determines a current system interrupt rate at the computational device, wherein the current system interrupt rate is a sum of interrupt rates from a plurality of interrupt generating agents;
• at least one threshold interrupt rate associated with the computational device, wherein the one threshold interrupt rate is compared with the current system interrupt rate;
• and
• an interrupt moderation level at an interrupt generating agent of the plurality of interrupt generating agents, wherein the interrupt moderation level is adjusted based on the comparison of the current system interrupt rate to the one threshold interrupt rate, and wherein the interrupt moderation level is adjusted by exclusively adjusting a rate at which interrupts are generated by the interrupt generating agent.

A system comprising:

• a computer;
• a plurality of interrupt generating agents coupled to the computer;
• an interrupt monitoring application coupled to the computer, wherein the interrupt monitoring application determines a current system interrupt rate at the computer, wherein the current system interrupt rate is a sum of interrupt rates from a plurality of interrupt generating agents;
• at least one threshold interrupt rate associated with the computer, wherein the one threshold interrupt rate is compared with the current system interrupt rate;
• and
• an interrupt moderation level at an interrupt generating agent of the plurality of interrupt generating agents, wherein the interrupt moderation level is adjusted based on the comparison of the current system interrupt rate to the one threshold interrupt rate, and wherein the interrupt moderation level is adjusted by exclusively adjusting a rate at which interrupts are generated by the interrupt generating agent.