Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interprocessor memory status communication
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Application No.: US15164271Application Date: 2016-05-25
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Publication No.: US09916180B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- 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 Steven L. Fisher-Stawinski
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46 ; G06F9/54 ; G06F12/0842 ; G06F13/28

Abstract:
In a transactional memory environment including a first processor and one or more additional processors, a computer-implemented method includes, by the first processor, initializing a time record, listening for zero or more probes from the one more additional processors, responding to each probe of the zero or more probes, and logging each probe of the zero or more probes to yield a probe log. The computer-implemented method further includes, by the first processor, receiving a probe report directive and, responsive to the probe report directive, generating a probe report indication based on the probe log. The probe report indication denotes whether, since the time record, the first processor has received any of the zero or more probes. The computer-implemented method further includes ending the time record. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170123844A1 INTERPROCESSOR MEMORY STATUS COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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