Hardware-enabled lock mediation for controlling access to a contested resource
US8799908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/522
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer implemented method for control access to a contested resource. When a lock acquisition request is received from a virtual machine, the partition management firmware determines whether the lock acquisition request is received within a preemption period of a time slice allocated to the virtual machine. If the lock acquisition request is received within the preemption period, the partition management firmware ends the time slice early, and performs a context switch.
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