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Deterministic serialization of access to shared resources in a multi-processor system for code instructions accessing resources in a non-deterministic order

US8978131B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Philippe Bergheaud · Colmar, FR
Reinhard T. Buendgen · Lörrach, DE
Martin Schwidefsky · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2013
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

Managing access to resources shared among multiple processes within a computer system. Multiple program instances of an application are almost simultaneously executed on multiple processors for fault tolerance. The replication solution supports the recording and subsequent replay of reservation events granting the shared resources exclusive access rights to the processes, when one program code instruction may request access to a set of shared resources in a non-deterministic order.

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