Locking mechanism for the prevention of race conditions

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1990-03-27

1992-03-10

Fleming, Michael R.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

3642821, 3642831, 3642832, 364228, 364DIG1, G06F 1540

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050954237

ABSTRACT:
A file system locking mechanism is provided which prevents the errors which arise when race conditions occur in a multitasking system. Atomic operators are utilized to perform certain operations for the creation and renaming of files and directories in the file system wherein if a race condition occurs, the atomic operations fail and the file creation process is halted to a predetermined state whereby the errors which occur during race conditions are prevented.

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