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SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE OVERHEAD OF REFERENCE COUNTING

  • US 20180232304A1
  • Filed: 02/16/2017
  • Published: 08/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An device for reference counting, comprising:

  • a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and

    one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

    establishing a global reference counter associated with a lock to count one or more threads of a process referencing an object allocated in the memory;

    tracking, by each of the threads, each reference to the object by the thread using a corresponding local reference counter; and

    updating the global reference counter whenever a reference to the object by each of the one or more threads is and initial reference to the object or final reference to the object.

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