Providing a process exclusive access to a page including a memory address to which a lock is granted to the process
US7856536B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/526
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for providing a process exclusive access to a page including a memory address to which a lock is granted to the process. A request is received for a memory address in a memory device from a requesting process. A lock is granted to the requested memory address to the requesting process. The requesting process is provided exclusive access to a page including the requested memory address for a page access time period. The exclusive access to the page provided to the requesting process is released in response to an expiration of the page access time period.
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