Software transactional protection of managed pointers
US8601456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4484
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide software transactional protection of managed pointers. A software transactional memory system interacts with and/or includes a compiler. At compile time, the compiler determines that there are one or more reference arguments in one or more code segments being compiled whose source cannot be recovered. The compiler executes a procedure to select one or more appropriate techniques or combinations thereof for communicating the sources of the referenced variables to the called code segments to ensure the referenced variables can be recovered when needed. Some examples of these techniques include a fattened by-ref technique, a static fattening technique, a dynamic ByRefInfo type technique, and others. One or more combinations of these techniques can be used as appropriate.
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