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Method and system for optionally registering a local process to allow participation in a single system semantic

  • US 5,544,316 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 08/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method for allowing a plurality of computer child processes, each initiated by one of a plurality of computer parent processes, to participate in a single system semantic across a distributed data processing system having a plurality of machines, wherein at least one child process is initiated by a parent process executing on a remote machine, each machine executing a control daemon, comprising the steps of:

  • requesting registration by each local process with a corresponding local control daemon executing on the machine where the requesting process will be executing;

    generating and recording in local memory by each local control daemon a handle for each process requesting registration;

    determining by each local control daemon if each process requesting registration has a remote parent process;

    if a first child process requesting registration with a first control daemon has a parent process executing on a remote machine with a remote control daemon, recording in memory by the first control daemon the handle assigned by the remote control daemon for the parent process and the remote machine executing the parent process;

    if the first child process has a remote parent process, recording in memory the local control daemon as a local parent process of the first child process; and

    if the first process has a remote parent process, recording in remote memory by the remote control daemon the handle assigned by the first control daemon for the first child process and the machine executing the first child process.

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