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Method of controlling thread access to a synchronization object

US8132171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2006
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/526
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling thread access to a synchronization object is described. The method comprises waking a sleeping first thread after release, by a second thread, of a synchronization object in a normal state and causing, by the first thread, the synchronization object to transition to a want-lock state, the synchronization object being acquirable by the first thread prior to being acquirable by the second thread.

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