Serializing event handling in a threaded system with no wait states
US7065765B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/543
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Event handling in multinode data processing networks, in which data structures are shared between nodes and are subject to concurrent requests for access, is facilitated through the use of a separate small data structure (bit array or linked list) which permits an event handler to hand off the task of accessing the data structure to an event handler which is already accessing data from the same data structure. This eliminates the need for locking arrangements and/or the use of special coordinating event handlers.
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