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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Gregory Bollella, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Brosgol, Belmont, MA (US);
Scott D. Robbins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David S. Hardin, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Peter Dibble, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Gregory Bollella, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Brosgol, Belmont, MA (US);
Scott D. Robbins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David S. Hardin, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Peter Dibble, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An invention is provided for a synchronous transfer of control. An asynchronous interrupt exception is received, and in response, the value of a reference counter is determined. The value of the reference counter is based on the execution of synchronized code. Generally, the reference counter is initialized to a predetermined number, and altered based on the execution of synchronized code. When the asynchronous interrupt exception is received, the method is asynchronously interrupted when the value of the reference counter is equal to the predetermined number.