Interrupt suppression by processing just first interrupt of a same type

A computer program product of a processor comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium that is part of the processor and that has computer-readable code embodied therein, the computer-readable code internally executable by the processor, the computer-readable code comprising:
• first computer-readable code to receive from hardware a plurality of interrupts of a same type;
• second computer-readable code to, after the first computer-readable code has received the plurality of interrupts of the same type, determine a rate at which the interrupts are being received at the processor;
• third computer-readable code to, after the second computer-readable code has determined the rate at which the interrupts are being received, compare the rate at which the interrupts are being received to a threshold rate;
• fourth computer-readable code to, after the third computer-readable code has compared the rate at which the interrupts are being received to the threshold rate, where the rate at which the interrupts are being received is greater than the threshold rate, send just a first received interrupt of the interrupts from the processor to firmware for processing by the firmware, such that all other of the interrupts are not sent from the processor to the firmware but instead are suppressed by the processor;
• and
• fifth computer-readable code to, after the third computer-readable code has compared the rate at which the interrupts are being received to the threshold rate, where the rate at which the interrupts are being received is less than the threshold rate, send all the interrupts from the processor to the firmware for processing by the firmware,
• wherein none of the interrupts are processed until the first computer-readable code has received the plurality of interrupts and the second computer-readable code has determined the rate at which the interrupts are being received.

A computing system comprising:

• firmware;
• hardware to generate a plurality of interrupts of a same type;
• and,
• a processor to receive the interrupts, to after having receiving the plurality of interrupts of the same type determine the rate at which the interrupts are being received, and to after determining the rate at which the interrupts are being received compare the rate at which the interrupts are being received to a threshold rate,
• wherein in a given operational mode, the processor is to, after comparing the rate at which the interrupts are being received to the threshold rate, where the rate at which the interrupts are being received is greater than the threshold rate, send just the first received interrupt of the interrupts to the firmware for processing by the firmware, such that all other of the interrupts are not sent from the processor to the firmware but instead are suppressed by the processor,
• wherein in the given operational mode, the processor is further to, after comparing rate at which the interrupts are being received to the threshold rate, where the rate at which the interrupts are being received is less than the threshold rate, send all the interrupts from the processor to the firmware for processing by the firmware,
• and wherein none of the interrupts are processed until the plurality of interrupts have been received and the rate at which the interrupts are being received has been determined.