Scanning a message-list

Details Scanning a message-list Scanning a message-list

2005-04-19

2005-04-19

Najjar, Saleh (Department: 2157)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Cooperative computer processing

C709S201000, C709S206000, C709S207000, C718S106000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06883018

ABSTRACT:
A method for scanning a message-list accessible to a plurality of processors includes retrieving, from a cache associated with a scanning processor from the plurality of processors, information identifying a starting message-slot. This information is then used to begin a scan of the message-list at that starting message-slot. The information indicating the starting message-slot is obtained by identifying, in the message-list, a message-slot containing a message intended for a recipient processor from the plurality of processors and obtaining, from the identified message-slot, information indicative of a location of a succeeding message-slot in the message-list. This information is then cached, for retrieval during a subsequent scan of the message-list.

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