1. A method to generate a translated core affinity bitmask for a multicore processor, the method comprising, by a dispatcher: receiving a first request, wherein the first request includes a core affinity bitmask that identifies at least a first core and a second core of the multicore processor; determining that the first core is at least partially inoperative; in response to determining that the first core is at least partially inoperative: determining that the first core and the second core are both part of a group of cores in a table, wherein the table includes groups of two or more cores and a corresponding affinity between or among the cores in each group; identifying an affinity corresponding to the group of cores in the table; determining that the identified affinity is an affinity between the first core and the second core; based at least in part on the affinity, identifying a third core and a fourth core of the multicore processor; generating the translated core affinity bitmask in response to the identification of the third core and the fourth core, wherein the translated core affinity bitmask identifies at least the third core and the fourth core, and wherein the translated core affinity bitmask is different from the core affinity bitmask; and generating a second request that includes the translated core affinity bitmask.