Abstract: A method for controlling hardware resource configuration for a processing system comprises obtaining performance monitoring data indicative of processing performance associated with workloads to be executed on the processing system, providing a trained machine learning model with input data depending on the performance monitoring data; and based on an inference made from the input data by the trained machine learning model, setting control information for configuring the processing system to control an amount of hardware resource allocated for use by at least one processor core. A corresponding method of training the model is provided. This is particularly useful for controlling inter-core borrowing of resource between processor cores in a multi-core processing system, where resource is borrowed between respective cores, e.g. cores on different layers of a 3D integrated circuit.

Abstract: A memory controller with a separate transaction table for real-time transactions is disclosed. A system includes a plurality of agents and a memory controller configured to receive real-time and non-real-time memory requests from ones of the plurality of agents. The memory controller includes a real-time incoming transaction table configured to store those memory requests received from a subset of the plurality of agents that are real-time memory requests, and a non-real-time incoming transaction table configured to store those memory requests received from the subset of the plurality of agents that are non-real-time memory requests. The memory controller further includes an arbitration circuit configured to select a memory request from among memory requests stored in the real-time and non-real-time incoming transaction tables and further configured to enforce a quality of service policy for the real-time memory requests.

Abstract: Modern Standby is enabled for unsupported applications. An enabler driver can be included on a system that supports Modern Standby and can be configured to detect when applications are loaded on the system. When an unsupported application is loaded, the enabler driver can interface with an enabler service to determine whether the unsupported application is Modern Standby capable. If so, the enabler driver can add the unsupported application to a throttle job object that the operating system uses to determine which applications should remain active during Modern Standby. In instances where an application is deployed in a container, an enabler container service can be leveraged to determine whether the containerized application is Modern Standby capable. If so, the enabler driver can add the container to the throttle job object.

Abstract: A system includes a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, a hypervisor, and a trusted execution environment (TEE). The TEE is provisioned with a workload and includes an introspection module. The introspection module is configured to execute an introspection command according to an introspection policy. The introspection command is configured to validate at least one memory access associated with the workload. The introspection module is also configured to determine a status of a result of the introspection commands, wherein the status is one of a failure status and a success status.

Abstract: A thread management circuit of a processing system stores a thread identifier table and a thread completion table. The thread management circuit receives, from a processor core, a request for execution of a portion of an application by an accelerator circuit. The thread management circuit allocates a thread identifier available in the thread identifier table to the processor core for the execution of the portion by the accelerator circuit. The thread management circuit communicates a response and an acceleration request, both including the allocated thread identifier, to the processor core and the accelerator circuit, respectively. The thread management circuit communicates a thread joining response to the processor core based on a received thread joining request and an indication by the thread completion table that the execution of the portion by the accelerator circuit is complete. The executed portion is integrated with the application based on the thread joining response.

Abstract: An instruction to generate a cloud instantiation of a secondary storage system is provided. One or more secondary storage clusters are virtually rebuilt in the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A new cloud instance of a user virtual machine is deployed based on at least a portion of data stored in the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters of the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A version of at least the portion of the data of the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters is provided to a cloud deployment server.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for backing up virtual machines from a computing environment to a storage environment. A virtual machine agent is utilized to generate a snapshot of the virtual machine. Metadata comprising a snapshot identifier of the snapshot and virtual disk information of virtual disks captured by snapshot is generated at the computing environment. The metadata is retrieved and used to create a metafile that is transferred to the storage environment within which snapshots of the virtual machine are to be stored. The snapshot is retrieved from the computing environment and is packaged into a snapshot package having a protocol format used by the storage environment. The snapshot package is transferred to the storage environment.

Abstract: A cloud computer system is provided that includes a plurality of computer devices and a database. The plurality of computer devices execute a plurality of virtual machines, with one of the virtual machines serving as a controller node and the remainder serving as worker instances. The controller node is programmed to accept a request to initiate a distributed process that includes a plurality of data jobs, determine a number of worker instances to create across the plurality of computer devices, and cause the number of worker instances to be created on the plurality of computer devices. The worker instances are programmed to create a unique message queue for the corresponding worker instance, and store a reference for the unique message queue that was created for the corresponding worker to the database. The controller node retrieves the reference to the unique message queues and posts jobs to the message queues for execution by the worker instances.

Abstract: The present invention is a novel RTOS/OS architecture that changes the fundamental way that data is organized and context switching is performed. This novel approach consists of a context switching method in which interrupts are never disabled. This RTOS/OS architecture requires specialized hardware. Concretely, an advanced interrupt controller that supports nesting and tail chaining of prioritized interrupts is needed (e.g. the Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC) found on many ARM processors) is required. The novel RTOS/OS architecture does not keep the list of tasks ready to run in sorted order, allowing for O(1) insertion time and utilizes a barrier variable to allow for safe O(n) insertion of tasks into the priority sorted list of blocked tasks without disabling interrupts. The advanced interrupt controller allows for any new interrupts to preempt the software exception handler thereby ensuring no data loss.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to cloud service automation of common image management. An image update orchestrator may receive a request to upgrade a virtual machine image. The image update orchestrator may spin up an instance of a virtual machine and provision the instance of the virtual machine with a virtual machine image and cause to install a plurality of software updates to the instance of the virtual machine. The image update orchestrator may take a snapshot of the instance of the virtual machine and generate a sealed master image. Finally, the image update orchestrator may cause to deploy, to one or more policy managed devices, the sealed master image.

Abstract: A virtual machine password reset method includes a virtual machine first sending a password obtaining request to a cloud service computing node, the cloud service computing node querying a reset password of the virtual machine in a metadata server based on the password obtaining request, the cloud service computing node returning a password obtaining response based on a result of querying the reset password of the virtual machine in the metadata server, the virtual machine configuring the reset password as a password of the virtual machine, to complete virtual machine password reset.

Abstract: A value profiling method, system and computer program product that leverages a guarded storage facility. During code execution, a first instruction is loaded. The first instruction has a first value designating a first region of memory and the first instruction is related to a first section of the code. A determination is made as to whether a guarded mode is enabled at the first region. Responsive to an enabled guarded mode at the first region, a secondary operation is triggered. The secondary operation is in addition to a primary operation of the first instruction. The primary operation is relative to the first region of the memory. The secondary operation causes a profiling of the first section of the code.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting and fixing robotic process automation failures, including collecting tasks from at least one client computerized device, processing the tasks via robotic process automation, collecting tasks that failed to complete per task type, recording successful execution steps per each of the failed tasks, evaluating the recorded successful execution steps with respect to the failed task types, and providing selected execution steps that best fix the failed tasks, thereby fixing the robotic process automation failures.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing conflicting background tasks in a dispersed storage network are provided. In embodiments, a method includes: gathering scheduled future task data for scheduled future tasks from a plurality of task scheduling modules within a dispersed storage network, wherein the scheduled future tasks are tasks associated with stored data objects; monitoring the scheduled future task data for scheduling conflicts based on stored rules; determining that a scheduling conflict exists between a first future task of the scheduled future tasks and a second future task of the scheduled future tasks; issuing instructions to at least one of the plurality of task scheduling modules to update the first future task or the second future task based on the scheduling conflict; and updating, by the at least one of the plurality of task scheduling modules, the first future task or the second future task based on the instructions.

Abstract: This invention relates to computer engineering and operating system architecture, in particular, it discloses a new method of interaction among operating system components and tasks by means of an interface bus. It introduces OS' interface bus element being part of kernel and acting in similar way as known standard device interface bus but for all OS' components and tasks. Besides, the invention further expands the bus functions by possibility of simultaneous execution of components created for different generations of OS and its microkernels, providing for applications compatibility with any OS and microkernel versions without recompilation, saving user investments, reducing application developer software maintenance costs, and providing for OS component reuse. This result is conditioned by the use of unique components identifiers taking into account their generations and creation of interface bus access interfaces corresponding to OS components generations.

Abstract: In an approach, a processor, responsive to requesting to perform a plurality of applications including a first application and a second application, determines that the first application and the second application have been performed sequentially during a previous time period. A processor, responsive to determining that the first and second applications have been performed in sequence during the previous time period, obtains, a first set of database operations associated with the first application and a second set of database operations associated with the second application. A processors, responsive to determining that the first set of database operations and the second set of database operations are free of conflict, generates an execution schedule indicating that the first application and the second application are to be performed in parallel. A processors performs the plurality of applications based on the execution schedule.

Abstract: An instruction to generate a cloud instantiation of a secondary storage system is provided. One or more secondary storage clusters are virtually rebuilt in the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A new cloud instance of a user virtual machine is deployed based on at least a portion of data stored in the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters of the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A version of at least the portion of the data of the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters is provided to a cloud deployment server.

Abstract: A cloud computer system is provided that includes a plurality of computer devices and a database. The plurality of computer devices execute a plurality of virtual machines, with one of the virtual machines serving as a controller node and the remainder serving as worker instances. The controller node is programmed to accept a request to initiate a distributed process that includes a plurality of data jobs, determine a number of worker instances to create across the plurality of computer devices, and cause the number of worker instances to be created on the plurality of computer devices. The worker instances are programmed to create a unique message queue for the corresponding worker instance, and store a reference for the unique message queue that was created for the corresponding worker to the database. The controller node retrieves the reference to the unique message queues and posts jobs to the message queues for execution by the worker instances.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting and fixing robotic process automation failures, including collecting tasks from at least one client computerized device, processing the tasks via robotic process automation, collecting tasks that failed to complete per task type, recording successful execution steps per each of the failed tasks, evaluating the recorded successful execution steps with respect to the failed task types, and providing selected execution steps that best fix the failed tasks, thereby fixing the robotic process automation failures.

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for creating encrypted containers in cloud computing environments. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a request to create a virtual machine at an application node. The request may contain encryption parameters for use in encrypting the virtual machine. The virtual machine may be created at the application node and may include an associated memory for use during execution of the virtual machine. An encryption key may be received and the memory may be encrypted. An encrypted container image and may be mounted within the virtual machine. The encrypted container image may be executed within the virtual machine.