Method and apparatus for serialized mutual exclusion

Details Method and apparatus for serialized mutual exclusion Method and apparatus for serialized mutual exclusion

2002-11-12

2010-11-09

An, Meng-Ai (Department: 2195)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

Process scheduling

C710S244000

Reexamination Certificate

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07831974

ABSTRACT:
A mechanism that associates a mutual exclusion lock with a shared data item and provides ownership of the mutual exclusion lock to multiple execution threads that execute code operating on the shared data item in a sequential order.

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