| US 7,464,115 B2 | ||
| Node synchronization for multi-processor computer systems | ||
| John Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah (US); Randal S. Passint, Chippewa Falls, Wis. (US); Donglai Dai, Eau Claire, Wis. (US); Zhen Fang, Salt Lake City, Utah (US); Lixin Zhang, Austin, Tex. (US); and Gregory M. Thorson, Altoona, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Silicon Graphics, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 25, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/113,805. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0242308 A1, Oct. 26, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/42 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—201 [711/147; 711/154; 711/141; 365/189.08] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A method of controlling access by a set of accessing nodes to shared memory of a home node, the home node and accessing
nodes being part of a multi-node shared-memory computer system, the method comprising:
determining that each node in the set of nodes has accessed the shared memory; and
forwarding a completion message to each node in the set of nodes after it is determined that each node has accessed the shared
memory, the completion message having data indicating that each node in the set of nodes has accessed the shared memory of
the home node.
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