Calculating expected maximum CPU power available for use

1. A method of calculating a processing power available from a supervisor of a multi-programmed computing system by a first partition of a plurality of partitions, the method comprising:

collecting, by the first partition, state data from the supervisor,

wherein the state data includes a processing capacity of the multi-programmed computing system, a plurality of weights, each weight corresponding to one of the plurality of partitions, and a plurality of consumption values, each consumption value corresponding to a consumption amount by one of the plurality of partitions;

initializing, by the first partition, a remaining capacity variable to the processing capacity of the multi-programmed computing system;

initializing, by the first partition, variables, including setting a binary variable to a first logic value for each of the plurality of partitions,

wherein the variables for each of the remaining plurality of partitions include a remaining need, a power given, and the binary variable;

iteratively computing, by the first partition, an entitlement and amount of power to award for each of the plurality of partitions having their respective binary variables set to the first logic value by updating the power given, the remaining need, and a temporary remaining capacity based on the computed amount of power corresponding to the first partition,

wherein the entitlement is calculated by the first partition based on dividing a product of the remaining capacity and a weight of that partition as revealed in the state data by the sum of the weights of the partitions;

requesting, by the first partition, the processing power from the supervisor, based on the iterative computation; and

receiving, by the first partition, the processing power from the supervisor based on the requesting.