Providing self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphores in distributed processor-based systems

A distributed processor-based system for providing a self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphore, comprising:

• a means for determining that a value of a current wait count indicator of the self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphore equals a value of a target wait count indicator of the semaphore;
• a means for resetting a value of a counting semaphore value indicator of the semaphore to an initial semaphore value, responsive to determining that the value of the current wait count indicator of the semaphore equals the value of the target wait count indicator of the semaphore;
• and
• a means for resetting the value of the current wait count indicator to an initial wait value, responsive to determining that the value of the current wait count indicator of the semaphore equals the value of the target wait count indicator of the semaphore.

A method for providing a self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphore, comprising:

• determining, by a synchronization management circuit of a distributed processor-based system comprising a plurality of processor devices, that a value of a current wait count indicator of the self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphore equals a value of a target wait count indicator of the semaphore;
• and
• responsive to determining that the value of the current wait count indicator of the semaphore equals the value of the target wait count indicator of the semaphore:
• resetting a value of a counting semaphore value indicator of the semaphore to an initial semaphore value;
• and
• resetting the value of the current wait count indicator to an initial wait value.

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including instructions that, when executed by a synchronization management circuit of a processor device of a plurality of processor devices, cause the synchronization management circuit to:

• determine that a value of a current wait count indicator of a self-resetting multi-producer multi-consumer semaphore equals a value of a target wait count indicator of the semaphore;
• and
• responsive to determining that the value of the current wait count indicator of the semaphore equals the value of the target wait count indicator of the semaphore:
• reset a value of a counting semaphore value indicator of the semaphore to an initial semaphore value;
• and
• reset the value of the current wait count indicator to an initial wait value.