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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
James Bernard Moody, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
James Bernard Moody, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/526 (2013.01); G06F 2209/523 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer usable program product for retooling lock interfaces for using a dual mode reader writer lock. An invocation of a method is received using an interface. The method is configured to operate on a lock associated with a resource in a data processing system. A determination is made whether the lock is an upgraded lock. The upgraded lock is the DML operating in an upgraded mode. An operation corresponding to the method is executed on the DML, if the lock is the upgraded lock.