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System and method for fault handling and recovery in a multi-processing system having hardware resources shared between multiple partitions

US6594785B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2000
Grant dateJul 15, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/0793
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Poisoning of specific memory locations as a process when a part of a multiprocessor computer system becomes faulty leads to ability to isolate specific data owned by individual failing units even in a shared memory area. Also continuous processing by non-failing units is allowable. A support processor handles non-immediate problems and allows resetting of memory locations formerly owned by failed units.

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