Method and System For Managing a Common Resource In a Computing System
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring and releasing locks to manage a common resource in a computing system, comprising the steps of, after a lock has been acquired over a common resource, determining whether other requests for the common resource has been made, and if the other requests have been made, releasing the lock over the common resource so that the common resource becomes available for use by the other requests.
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Abstract
The invention, in one embodiment, provides a method for acquiring and releasing a lock over a common resource in a computing system. After a lock has been acquired over a common resource. A determination (210) is made as to whether another request for the common resource has been made. If the other request has been made (212), the lock over the common resource is released so that the common resource becomes available for use by the another request (218).
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- 1. A method for acquiring and releasing locks to manage a common resource in a computing system, comprising the steps of, after a lock has been acquired over a common resource, determining whether other requests for the common resource has been made, and if the other requests have been made, releasing the lock over the common resource so that the common resource becomes available for use by the other requests.
- 7. A system for acquiring and releasing locks to manage a common resource in a computing system, comprising means to acquire a lock over a common resource, means to determine whether another request for the common resource has been made once the lock is acquired, and releasing means arranged to, if the another request has been made, release the lock over the common resource wherein the common resource becomes available for use by the another request.
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