Program product to effect barrier synchronization in a distributed computing environment
US6016505A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/458
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A barrier synchronization program product in a distributed computing environment. A group of members, including a plurality of related processes executing on one or more processors of the distributed computing environment, is provided a protocol having a dynamic number of synchronization phases. The protocol is voted on by one or more members of the group to determine how the protocol should proceed for the group of members. The protocol may complete successfully, continue to another synchronization phase or be rejected. The group of members determines how many synchronization phases the protocol is to include.
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