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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Charles J. Archer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tsai-Yang Jea, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a distributed computing environment that includes compute nodes, where the compute nodes execute a plurality of tasks, a lock for resources may be administered. Administering the lock may be carried out by requesting, in an atomic operation by a requesting task, the lock, including: determining, by the requesting task, whether the lock is available; if the lock is available, obtaining the lock; and if the lock is unavailable, joining, by the requesting task, a queue of tasks waiting for availability of the lock.