Adaptive delay of polling frequencies in a distributed system with a queued lock
US6353869B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A queued lock prioritizes access to a shared resource in a distributed system. Each unsuccessful requestor adaptively delays its next poll for the lock by a period determined as a function of its priority in the lock request queue and the average duration of a significant processor operation involving the resource.
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