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Inter-thread long jumps in a multithreaded environment

  • US 7,392,525 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2003
  • Issued: 06/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a computer system for performing an inter-thread long jump, the method comprising:

  • receiving an indication of a set jump location, the set jump location set by a set jump thread;

    determining whether the set jump thread that set the set jump location is the same thread that is currently executing; and

    when the set jump thread is not the same thread that is currently executing, setting a state of the set jump thread to execute a long jump indicating the set jump location.

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