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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Eberhard Engler, Tuebingen, DE;
Klaus Meissner, Herrenberg, DE;
Ronald M. Smith, Sr., Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eberhard Engler, Tuebingen, DE;
Klaus Meissner, Herrenberg, DE;
Ronald M. Smith, Sr., Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The management of data access is facilitated. A loop only if changed locking facility is provided, in which reads and updates of the data being managed are permitted, unless an update to the data completes during the execution of the read or update routine. As long as an update to the data has not completed during a processor's execution of the read or update routine, access is permitted.