Abstract: An invention is disclosed for a computer software timeout algorithm that reduces the amount of list manipulation needed to satisfy system or network requirements for scheduling and cancelling timeout requests to determine whether the expiration time has been reached for execution of an input/output (I/O) request, thereby requiring action to cancel the I/O operation if it has not yet been completed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2009
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
David Blair Gilgen, William Daniel Wigger