System and method for use of a non-blocking process with a resource pool in a computing environment

A method for use of a non-blocking process in a computing environment, comprising:

• providing, at one or more computers, access to a resource pool associated with a plurality of pool elements, by a plurality of threads, using a non-blocking process, including
• enabling one or more pool elements to be selectively reserved, so that a reserving thread has access to a particular pool element for a duration of a reservation period, and
• during the reservation period, preventing other threads, of the plurality of threads, from accessing the particular pool element, and allowing the other threads to navigate through a remainder of the pool elements, reserving others of the plurality of pool elements;
• wherein each pool element is associated with a data or other resource;
• and
• wherein each of the plurality of threads access the resource pool using the non-blocking manner process to selectively reserve pool elements, including
• wherein each pool element is associated with an iterator queue that contains references of threads that will revisit the pool element, and
• wherein each thread is associated with a revisit queue, for use by the thread in determining whether to use the data or other resource associated with those pool elements.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform a method comprising:

• providing access to a resource pool associated with a plurality of pool elements, by a plurality of threads, using a non-blocking process, including
• enabling one or more pool elements to be selectively reserved, so that a reserving thread has access to a particular pool element for a duration of a reservation period, and
• during the reservation period, preventing other threads, of the plurality of threads, from accessing the particular pool element, and allowing the other threads to navigate through a remainder of the pool elements, reserving others of the plurality of pool elements;
• wherein each pool element is associated with a data or other resource;
• and
• wherein each of the plurality of threads access the resource pool using the non-blocking process to selectively reserve pool elements, including
• wherein each pool element is associated with an iterator queue that contains references of threads that will revisit the pool element, and
• wherein each thread is associated with a revisit queue, for use by the thread in determining whether to use the data or other resource associated with those pool elements.