Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Queued locks using monitor-memory wait
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Application No.: US10608708Application Date: 2003-06-27
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Publication No.: US07213093B2Publication Date: 2007-05-01
- Inventor: Per Hammarlund , James B. Crossland , Anil Aggarwal , Shivnandan D. Kaushik
- Applicant: Per Hammarlund , James B. Crossland , Anil Aggarwal , Shivnandan D. Kaushik
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/14
- IPC: G06F12/14 ; G06F9/46 ; G06F13/00
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for monitoring locks using monitor-memory wait. According to one embodiment, a node associated with a contended lock is monitored; and a processor seeking the contended lock is put to sleep until a monitor event occurs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040267996A1 Queued locks using monitor-memory wait Public/Granted day:2004-12-30
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