Patent ID: 8812595
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for scanning a message-list accessible to a plurality of processors, said method comprising: identifying, in said message-list, a message-slot containing a message intended for a recipient processor from said plurality of processors; obtaining, from said identified message-slot, information indicative of a location of a succeeding message-slot in said message-list; caching, for retrieval during a subsequent scan of said message-list, said information indicative of said location of said succeeding message-slot, wherein caching said information indicative of said location of said succeeding message-slot comprises: beginning the subsequent scan of the message-list at a message-slot that is different from the succeeding message-slot if said information indicative of said location of said succeeding message-slot identifies an invalid location that is invalid as a result of corruption of the message-list.