Patent ID: 11861416
Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
acquiring, by a first data accessor of a plurality of data accessors, a first lock associated with a first critical section, wherein the first critical section comprises one or more operations including a first operation;
determining, by the first data accessor, that a first help session associated with the first critical section has been initiated by a second data accessor of the plurality of data accessors, wherein the second data accessor holds a second lock associated with the first critical section, wherein the second lock is different from the first lock; and
joining the first help session initiated by the second data accessor in response at least in part to said determining, the joining comprising implementing at least one sub-operation of the first operation for the second data accessor.