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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Wenjeng Ko, Tucson, AZ (US);
William G. Sherman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cheng-chung Song, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Wenjeng Ko, Tucson, AZ (US);
William G. Sherman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Cheng-Chung Song, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing an anchor pointer in an operating system context structure for improving the efficiency of accessing thread specific data is provided. A kernel thread context structure is maintained in memory. A thread accesses a pointer memory in the kernel thread context structure and sets a value within the pointer memory that addresses data specific to the thread.