Apparatus and method for deadlock avoidance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10129329
APP PUB NO 20160077997A1
SERIAL NO

14881157

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An improved method for the prevention of deadlock in a massively parallel processor (MPP) system wherein, prior to a process sending messages to another process running on a remote processor, the process allocates space in a deadlock-avoidance FIFO. The allocated space provides a “landing zone” for requests that the software process (the application software) will subsequently issue using a remote-memory-access function. In some embodiments, the deadlock-avoidance (DLA) function provides two different deadlock-avoidance schemes: controlled discard and persistent reservation. In some embodiments, the software process determines which scheme will be used at the time the space is allocated.

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  • CRAY INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alverson, Robert L Seattle, US 22 64
Froese, Edwin L Burnaby, CA 29 256
Giefer, Charles Seattle, US 3 4
Gorodetsky, Igor Coquitam, CA 15 92
Lundberg, Eric P Eau Claire, US 14 344
Pritchard, Howard Santa Fe, US 4 15
Roweth, Duncan Bristol, GB 44 88

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