Locking control with validity status indication for a multi-host processor system that utilizes a record lock processor and a cache memory for each host processor
US5060144A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A Record Lock Processor is utilized in a multi-host data processing system to control the locking of Objects upon request of each of the multiple host data processors in non-conflicting manner. The Record Lock Processor has storage provisions which include a Lock List for storing bits that identify the Objects and bits that identify the requesting processor, a Queue List that stores entries that are formatted like the Lock List entry when a prior Lock List entry has been made for the same Object, and a Cache List for each processor that stores Cache List entries that identify each Object that is stored in the cache memories, each of which Cache List entries is associated with one of the requesting processors, wherein such Cache List entries include validity bits that identify whether each Object stored in a Cache List has a Valid or an Invalid status.
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