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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregg L. Liguori, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Franklin E. McCune, Tucson, AZ (US);
David C. Reed, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael R. Scott, Ocean View, HI (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method to determine whether a holding of a lock to the resource by a first task satisfies a condition and whether the lock is swappable. The lock is released from the first task and granted to a second task waiting in a queue for the lock in response to determining that the holding of the lock satisfies the condition and that the lock is swappable. The first task is indicated in the queue waiting for the lock in response to granting the lock to the second task.