Patent ID: 8117574
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing a serialization construct within an environment of a number of parallel data flow graphs, which method comprising: appending, by a quiesce manager executing on a processor, a quiesce node to an active data flow graph, wherein the quiesce node prevents a token from passing to a next data flow graph within a chain before an execution of the active data flow graph has been finished; implementing a serial data flow graph provided for a serial execution while no other data flow graph is active; appending a serialize node to a starting point of the serial data flow graph; appending a serialize end node to an endpoint of the serial data flow graph, wherein the quiesce manager is connected to the quiesce node, to the serialize node and/or to the serialize end node; activating the serialize node to start a serial operation; and activating the serialize end node after the serial operation has been terminated.