Failure recovery apparatus and method for distributed processing shared resource control
US5463733A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2035
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Communicating the failure of a master process controlling one or more shared resources to all process sharing the resources. A shared resource control file is established that contains the identities of all sharing processes. Master process failure triggers a race to establish exclusive access over the shared control file. The new master reads shadow address data from the old shared control file, marks it as invalid and establishes a new control file based on renewed registrations from the sharing processes. The master process maintains the sharing process list as processes begin and end sharing.
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