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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Meichun Hsu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Meichun Hsu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 9/522 (2013.01);
Abstract
To coordinate tasks executed by a plurality of threads that each includes plural task sections, a call of a mark primitive to mark a first point after a first of the plural task sections is provided. Also, a call of a second primitive is provided to indicate that a second of the plural task sections is not allowed to begin until after the plurality of threads have each reached the first point.