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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Streich, Fremont, CA (US);
Salil Pradhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Caspole, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 ; G06F 9/44 ; G06F 1/200 ; G06F 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 ; G06F 9/44 ; G06F 1/200 ; G06F 9/46 ;
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for improving performance of multi-threaded computer programs that re-establishes the lock structure that enables access to a portion of the computer memory and thereby reduces contention for computer memory. The present invention analyzes the references to computer memory and re-structures the memory access lock structure and thereby improves the use of regions of computer memory that are found to be mutually exclusive.