Ordered and reliable maintenance of inter-process relationships in a distributed multiprocessor
US5794034A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/825
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method, using an inter-processor lock to control access to inter-process relationship data structures in the memory of each processor in a multiprocessor system. The apparatus and method insure that each inter-process relationship is modified in the same sequence on each processor. The apparatus and method also insure that an inter-process relationship is maintained in a consistent state in the face of failure of any of the processors.
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