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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis J. Dahlen, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Jeffrey Mark Nick, Fishkill, NY (US);
David Harold Surman, Milton, NY (US);
Douglas W. Westcott, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/214 ;
Abstract
A lock structure, which includes many entries, is partitioned into segments. A number of the segments are cleaned up in parallel, such that cleanup processing of the entire lock structure is optimized. The lock structure is maintained within a coupling facility, which provides access to the lock structure by one or more processors coupled to the coupling facility. The cleaning up of the lock structure is performed by commands driven by the one or more processors and executed within the coupling facility.