System and method for avoiding deadlock in a non-preemptive multi-threaded application running in a non-preemptive multi-tasking environment
US6507861B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/524
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for avoiding deadlock in a non-preemptive multi-tasking application program, wherein the application program operates in an operating system that provides a non-preemptive multi-tasking environment. All components of the application program that require resources from other components within the application program, and that will not yield to internal timeslicing within the application program, are placed in separate executables (i.e., application programs). Thus allowing maximum background processing and the avoidance of deadlock.
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