High performance synchronization of accesses by threads to shared resources
US7080376B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4843
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention is a method to synchronize accesses by multiple threads to shared resources. The method entails a first thread entering a processing queue to contend for a lock on a shared resource. If a second thread exists, where the second thread is currently executing code, then the first thread may execute the critical section of code if the second thread is not currently executing the critical section; or if the second thread is currently executing the critical section of code, then the first thread may continue to contend for ownership of the shared resource until the second thread relinquishes ownership of the shared resource, or until a yield count expires.
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