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Data communication among processes of a network component

  • US 6,847,991 B1
  • Filed: 09/06/2001
  • Issued: 01/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating data among processes of a network component, comprising:

  • receiving at a process communication module a request from a first process of a network component, the request requesting an allocation of a message buffer from a shared memory or a process heap memory, the message buffer operable to store data associated with the first process, the process heap memory dedicated to the first process and distinct from the shared memory;

    allocating a message buffer from the shared memory to the first process if the request is requesting the allocation of the message buffer from the shared memory;

    allocating the message buffer from the process heap memory to the first process if the request is requesting the allocation of the message buffer from the process heap memory;

    storing the data in the message buffer;

    inserting the allocated message buffer into a message queue corresponding to a second process of the network component; and

    providing the second process access to the message buffer to read the data.

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