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Method and system for speeding up mutual exclusion

  • US 20060090168A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2004
  • Published: 04/27/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for managing a multithreaded computer system comprising:

  • determining through a non-atomic operation if ownership of a lock by a first thread has been discontinued; and

    assigning ownership of said lock to a thread executing a compare-and-swap operation in response to a determination that said ownership of said lock by said first thread has been discontinued.

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