Nested Locking

Nested Locking is a synchronization mechanism in thread programming wherein a thread is permitted to acquire the same lock multiple times without causing a deadlock, differing from standard locking protocols by maintaining an acquisition count to ensure the lock is only fully released when the thread has released it a corresponding number of times.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Recursive LockingReentrant Locking

Authors

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  1. BC
    Bryan C. Ward

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  2. YN
    Yang Ni

    Intel (United States), United States

    1 publications · 212 citations

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  3. AF
    Alan Fekete

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  4. BS
    Bratin Saha

    Intel (United States), United States

    1 publications · 212 citations

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  5. NL
    Nancy Lynch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Computer and System Sciences

    1 publications · 46 citations

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