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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Xiao Jun Dai, Beijing, CN;
Subhendu Das, Durham, NC (US);
Zhi Gan, Beijing, CN;
Zhang Yue, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Xiao Jun Dai, Beijing, CN;
Subhendu Das, Durham, NC (US);
Zhi Gan, Beijing, CN;
Zhang Yue, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0842 (2013.01); G06F 12/084 (2013.01); G06F 12/12 (2013.01); G06F 17/30171 (2013.01); G06F 12/0844 (2013.01); G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 12/121 (2013.01); G06F 12/122 (2013.01); G06F 12/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
Managing access to a cache memory includes dividing said cache memory into multiple of cache areas, each cache area having multiple entries; and providing at least one separate lock attribute for each cache area such that only a processor thread having possession of the lock attribute corresponding to a particular cache area can update that cache area.