Floating-priority storage control for processors in a multi-processor system

摘要

The disclosure describes a floating-priority storage access control arrangement for plural processors to a shared main storage in a multi-processing (MP) system. The shared main storage logically couples the main storage units provided with each of the processors into a single expanse of real addresses available to each processor. Exclusive access to the shared storage is given to any processor for as long as that processor can provide a burst of one or more successive storage requests. The burst ends when that processor misses a storage cycle by not providing a locally granted request.