×

Atomic access to object pool over RDMA transport network

  • US 10,642,780 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of communication comprising the steps of:

  • in a fabric of network elements including a first network element and a plurality of second network elements, the second network elements each having a memory and respective portions of a pool of objects in the memory;

    initiating a request in the first network element for concurrent remote direct memory accesses to the pool of objects in the second network elements;

    transmitting the request through the fabric to the second network elements;

    accessing a designated member of the pool of objects by atomically executing the request;

    returning respective reports of the execution of the request through the fabric from each of the second network elements to the first network element; and

    verifying conjoint atomicity of the execution of the request from the respective reports,wherein the pool of objects is arranged as a queue and the designated member is a next object of the queue, and accessing comprises at least one of dequeuing and enqueueing the next object.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×