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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2008
Maged M. Michael, Danbury, CT (US);
Vijay Anand Saraswat, Mahopac, NY (US);
Martin Vechev, White Plains, NY (US);
Maged M. Michael, Danbury, CT (US);
Vijay Anand Saraswat, Mahopac, NY (US);
Martin Vechev, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
There are provided methods for single-owner multi-consumer work queues for repeatable tasks. A method includes permitting a single owner thread of a single owner, multi-consumer, work queue to access the work queue using atomic instructions limited to only a single access and using non-atomic operations. The method further includes restricting the single owner thread from accessing the work queue using atomic instructions involving more than one access. The method also includes synchronizing amongst other threads with respect to their respective accesses to the work queue.