A NEW METHOD FOR LOCK WAITING IN MUTUAL-EXCLUSIONS

Authors
ISHIHARA K NEGISHI K FUJII T
Citation
K. Ishihara et al., A NEW METHOD FOR LOCK WAITING IN MUTUAL-EXCLUSIONS, IEICE transactions on information and systems, E77D(5), 1994, pp. 601-604
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
IEICE transactions on information and systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168532
Volume
E77D
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
601 - 604
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8532(1994)E77D:5<601:ANMFLW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This paper proposes a new strategy for reducing contention for a criti cal section in a multiprocessor system and shows that the strategy can improve CPU utilization by several percent. Using simulation and queu eing theory, it also discusses when the strategy is superior to conven tional ones.