Patents by Inventor Joe A. LANDERS

Joe A. LANDERS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Efficient management of large number of file descriptors
    Patent number: 10013453
    Abstract: A file descriptor data structure is configured as a hierarchy of tables. File descriptors are stored as entries in tables that are at the bottom of the hierarchy. When a request to add a file descriptor is received and there are no more entries remaining in the file descriptor tables, the file descriptor data structure is extended by obtaining a lock on a variable containing a maximum number of file descriptors, adding the file descriptor to a new file descriptor table, updating entries in existing upper level tables of the hierarchy so that they point to the new file descriptor table, updating the variable containing the maximum number of file descriptors, and releasing the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukund Gunti, Joe A. Landers
  • EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF LARGE NUMBER OF FILE DESCRIPTORS
    Publication number: 20160371322
    Abstract: A file descriptor data structure is configured as a hierarchy of tables. File descriptors are stored as entries in tables that are at the bottom of the hierarchy. When a request to add a file descriptor is received and there are no more entries remaining in the file descriptor tables, the file descriptor data structure is extended by obtaining a lock on a variable containing a maximum number of file descriptors, adding the file descriptor to a new file descriptor table, updating entries in existing upper level tables of the hierarchy so that they point to the new file descriptor table, updating the variable containing the maximum number of file descriptors, and releasing the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mukund GUNTI, Joe A. LANDERS