A substantially zero overhead mutual-exclusion apparatus and method (90, 120) is provided that allows concurrent reading and updating data while maintaining data coherency. That is, a data reading process executes the same sequence of instructions that would be executed if the data were never...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5727209?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5727209 - Apparatus and method for achieving reduced overhead mutual-exclusion and maintaining coherency in a multiprocessor system utilizing execution history and thread monitoring
Apparatus and method for achieving reduced overhead mutual-exclusion and ...