Lock order determination method and system

摘要

A lock order determination method and system are described. A thread is executed including an attempt to acquire a lock. The highest lockorder held by a thread prior to attempting to acquire the lock is determined. The lockorder for the lock relative to the determined highest lockorder held is set. The system for determining a lockorder for a lock includes a find lockorder function in a thread of executable instructions arranged to store a lockorder held by the thread accessing the find lockorder function.