Ordered and reliable signal delivery in a distributed multiprocessor
US5630140A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1443
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method, using an inter-processor lock to coordinate signal delivery to a process group whose member processes are distributed across multiple processors. The apparatus and method insure that each process group member process receives the same signals in the same order and that no signal is duplicated. The apparatus and method also insure that a partially completed signal delivery is completed even in the face of failure of the signalling processor.
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