Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interprocessor memory status communication
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Application No.: US15292946Application Date: 2016-10-13
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Publication No.: US10346305B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Michael Karl Gschwind , Maged M. Michael , Valentina Salapura , Eric M. Schwarz , Chung-Lung K. Shum , Timothy J. Slegel
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Stosch Sabo
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46 ; G06F12/0817 ; G06F12/084 ; G06F13/16 ; G06F12/0875

Abstract:
In a transactional memory environment including a first processor and one or more additional processors, a computer-implemented method includes identifying a memory location and sending a probe request from the first processor to the additional processors. The probe request includes the memory location. The computer implemented method further includes generating, by each additional processor, an indication including whether the memory location is in use for a transaction by the additional processor. The computer-implemented method further includes sending the indication from each additional processor to the first processor and proceeding, by the first processor, based on the indication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170123983A1 INTERPROCESSOR MEMORY STATUS COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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