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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Rakesh Sasidharan Nair, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Sherin Thyil George, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Aswin Chandramouleeswaran, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Inventors:
Rakesh Sasidharan Nair, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Sherin Thyil George, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Aswin Chandramouleeswaran, Bangalore Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method to selectively assign a reduced busy-wait time to threads is described. The method comprises determining whether at least one thread is spinning on a mutex lock associated with a condition variable and assigning, when the at least one thread is spinning on the mutex lock, a predetermined reduced busy-wait time for a subsequent thread spinning on the mutex lock.