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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry Wayne Loen, Rochester, MN (US);
John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a computer implemented method and system for minimizing contention for a shared resource between a plurality of processes executing computer instructions that are associated with said shared resource. The method analyzes at least one of said processes of computer instructions and determines whether at least one of said processes modifies said shared resource. If at least one of said processes does not modify said shared resource, the method controls access to said shared resource by at least one said process.