PROVIDING A PROCESS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO A PAGE INCLUDING A MEMORY ADDRESS TO WHICH A LOCK IS GRANTED TO THE PROCESS

摘要

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for providing a process exclusive access to a page including a memory address to which a lock is granted to the process. A request is received for a memory address in a memory device from a requesting process. A lock is granted to the requested memory address to the requesting process. The requesting process is provided exclusive access to a page including the requested memory address for a page access time period. The exclusive access to the page provided to the requesting process is released in response to an expiration of the page access time period.