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HARDWARE SUPPORTED HIGH PERFORMANCE LOCK SCHEMA

  • US 20110161540A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Published: 06/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for performing lock allocation for a plurality of processor cores, and wherein a first processor core acquires a lock, while other processor cores that need to acquire said lock are in sleep state, the method including:

  • receiving a signal that the first processor core has released said lock;

    determining a second processor core that should be woken up from other processor cores that need to acquire said lock and are in sleep state based on a predetermined rule for allocating said lock; and

    waking up the second processor core to enable it to acquire said lock.

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