METHOD FOR PROVIDING ATOMIC UPDATE PRIMITIVE IN ASYMMETRIC HETEROGENEOUS MULTIPROCESSOR ENVIRONMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for providing an atomic update primitive into an asymmetric single-chip heterogeneous multiprocessor computer system having a shared memory with DMA transfer.

SOLUTION: At least one lock line command is generated from a set including a reserved Get Lock Line command, a Put Lock Line Conditional command, and an unconditional Put Lock Line command.

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