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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Craig Steven Freedman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gargi Sur, Redmond, WA (US);
Gang He, Woodinville, WA (US);
Craig Steven Freedman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gargi Sur, Redmond, WA (US);
Gang He, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Executing non-blocking parallel scans is disclosed. One embodiment includes determining if one or more threads have completed scanning one or more assigned portions of a first division of the data set. The identified one or more threads are directed to immediately scan the portions of a next division of the data set that are identified as available for scanning, upon completing the scanning of assigned portions of the first division of the data set. The threads are directed to immediately scan portions of the next division of the data set free of a need to wait until other threads complete scanning assigned portions of the first division of the data set.