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Readers–writer lock

Known as: Read-write lock, Read/write lock, Read write lock pattern 
In computer science, a readers–writer (RW) or shared-exclusive lock (also known as a multiple readers/single-writer lock or multi-reader lock) is a… Expand
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2019
2019
BRAVO - Biased Locking for Reader-Writer Locks
Designers of modern reader-writer locks confront a difficult trade-off related to reader scalability. Locks that have a compact… Expand
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2016
2016
Optimizing Locality by Topology-Aware Placement for a Task Based Programming Model
The ordered read-write lock model (ORWL) is a modern framework that proposes high level abstractions for the decomposition of an… Expand
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2014
2014
Scalable Read-mostly Synchronization Using Passive Reader-Writer Locks
Reader-writer locks (rwlocks) aim to maximize parallelism among readers, but many existing rwlocks either cause readers to… Expand
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2013
Highly Cited
2013
NUMA-aware reader-writer locks
Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architectures are gaining importance in mainstream computing systems due to the rapid growth of… Expand
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2013
2013
Using hardware transactional memory to correct and simplify and readers-writer lock algorithm
Designing correct synchronization algorithms is notoriously difficult, as evidenced by a bug we have identified that has… Expand
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
TLRW: return of the read-write lock
TL2 and similar STM algorithms deliver high scalability based on write-locking and invisible readers. In fact, no modern STM… Expand
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2009
2009
Formal Verification of a Reader-Writer Lock Implementation in C
Abstract We present the formal verification of a reader-writer lock implementation, which is a widely used synchronization… Expand
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2009
2009
Scalable reader-writer locks
We present three new reader-writer lock algorithms that scale under high read-only contention. Many previous reader-writer locks… Expand
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2009
2009
Reader-Writer Synchronization for Shared-Memory Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems
Reader preference, writer preference, and task-fair reader writer locks are shown to cause undue blocking in multiprocessor real… Expand
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2001
2001
Creating fiction : instruction and insights from teachers of the Associated Writing Programs
Readers will learn how to revise and edit from Jane Smiley. They will find ways to evoke time and place from Richard Russo… Expand
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