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Staggering call stack offsets for multiple duplicate control threads

US6745288B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 2002
Grant dateJun 1, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a new control thread is initialized in a multi-thread software program, it is determined whether a like control thread has previously been instantiated. If so, a stack offset for the new control thread is set to be staggered from the stack offset for the previously instantiated like thread. By staggering the stack offsets of respective duplicate control threads, cache conflicts may be minimized.

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