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METHODS FOR SINGLE-OWNER MULTI-CONSUMER WORK QUEUES FOR REPEATABLE TASKS

  • US 20100011362A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2008
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • permitting a single owner thread of a single owner, multi-consumer, work queue to access the work queue using atomic instructions limited to only a single access and using non-atomic operations;

    restricting the single owner thread from accessing the work queue using atomic instructions involving more than one access; and

    synchronizing amongst other threads with respect to their respective accesses to the work queue.

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