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G06F 9/46 (2006.01) G06F 9/445 (2006.01) G06F 9/48 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2186684
A method for providing per-instance data memory in a particular dynamic link library loaded in a random access memory address space both as part of a first task and as part of a second task loaded in the address space simultaneously, in a computer having memory management hardware including a local descriptor table to map selectors to base addresses. The method includes providing a task switch enhancer DLL (the TSE); providing in the TSE a DLL registration routine to register a DLL with the TSE; providing in the particular DLL a call to the DLL registration routine; providing in the TSE a task registration routine to register a task with the TSE; providing in the first task and in the second task a call to the task registration routine; providing a routine requesting the operating system to provide a switching notification whenever execution of any task is about to begin or end and whenever any task is about to cease to exist; providing in the TSE a segment allocation routine for allocating a memory segment for storing per-instance data of a DLL for a task as a substitute for an original per-instance data segment for that task, and maintaining a substitute base address being a base address for the allocated segment in the LDT entry and maintaining an original base address being the original base address of the original segment in the LDT entry; calling the TSE segment allocation routine for a per-instance data segment of the particular DLL for the first task during initialization of the first task and calling the TSE segment allocation routine for a per-instance data segment of the particular DLL for the second task during initialization of the second task; providing in the TSE a base address setup routine to store in the LDT entry the substitute base address of a per-instance segment of a -30- task before that task begins execution; and invoking the base address setup routine for the substitute base address for the first task in response to a switching notification received by the TSE that the first task is about to begin execution. 49357.P11
Grigsby Kenneth B.
Smundak Aleksander L.
Barrett B.p.
International Business Machines Corporation
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