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Adjustment of a sleep duration for a process based on an expected time for securing a spinlock

US9842010B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2016
Grant dateDec 12, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/52
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computational device maintains a spinlock for exclusive access of a resource by a process of a plurality of processes. In response to determining by the process that a turn for securing the spinlock has not arrived for the process, a sleep duration is determined for the process, prior to making a next attempt to secure the spinlock.

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