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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Paul F. Ringseth, Redmond, WA (US);
Bill Messmer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Charles David Callahan, Ii, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Toub, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Paul F. Ringseth, Redmond, WA (US);
Bill Messmer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Charles David Callahan, II, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Toub, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 9/522 (2013.01); G06F 2209/483 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for statistically eliding fences in a work stealing algorithm are disclosed. A data structure comprising a head pointer, tail pointer, barrier pointer and an advertising flag allows for dynamic load-balancing across processing resources in computer applications.