Patents by Inventor Robert T. Bauer

Robert T. Bauer 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).

  • Use of rollback RCU with read-side modifications to RCU-protected data structures
    Patent number: 8176489
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program storage device for performing a return/rollback process for RCU-protected data structures is provided that includes checking a user-level state of a preempted thread having a RCU read-side critical section, and executing the critical section of the thread after preemption when the user-level state of the thread indicates execution, otherwise returning to a point of preemption, resuming execution of the thread and disabling checking the user-level state when the user-level state of the thread indicates return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert T. Bauer, Paul E. McKenney, Paul F. Russell