Enhanced management of thread-local objects

US2017090880A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2017090880-A1
Application numberUS-201615073682-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateMar 18, 2016
Priority dateSep 28, 2015
Publication dateMar 30, 2017
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As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, includes receiving a request to instantiate an instance of a thread-local manager for a particular thread, instantiating the instance of the thread-local manager, and providing global visibility to the instance of the thread-local manager. The method further includes manipulating thread-local variables corresponding to the particular thread and removing all the thread-local variables when the particular thread completes a task. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

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1 . A method comprising: receiving a request to instantiate an instance of a thread-local manager for a particular thread; instantiating the instance of the thread-local manager; providing global visibility to the instance of the thread-local manager; calling the thread-local manager to manipulate thread-local variables corresponding to the particular thread; and sending a single command to the thread-local manager to remove all the thread-local variables when the particular thread completes a task. 2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the global visibility enables the instance of the thread-local manager to access all of the thread-local variables. 3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, implementing, by the instance of the thread-local manager, all capabilities corresponding to a native thread-local manager. 4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, restricting instantiation of the thread-local manager to a single instance corresponding to the particular thread. 5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the manipulating thread-local variables comprises one or more of initializing, adding, setting, getting, and removing the thread-local variables. 6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, by the thread-local manager, a command to remove all of the thread-local variables. 7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the task is part of a computer program that is ready to run.

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  • the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals · CPC title

  • G06F8/36Primary

    Software reuse · CPC title

  • Thread allocation · CPC title

  • G06F8/31Primary

    Programming languages or programming paradigms · CPC title

  • Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores · CPC title

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What does patent US2017090880A1 cover?
As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, includes receiving a request to instantiate an instance of a thread-local manager for a particular thread, instantiating the instance of the thread-local manager, and providing global visibility to the instance of the thread-local manager. The method further includes manipulating thread-local variables corresponding to the particular thread …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
IBM
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F8/36. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Mar 30 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).