Multi-threaded logging

A computer implemented system for maintaining logs for use by multiple threads, the system comprising:

• a computer system, the computer system comprising at least one processor and operatively associated memory, wherein the memory comprises:
• a plurality of log files, wherein each log file of the plurality of log files comprises a plurality of data slots and wherein each of the plurality of data slots are of a common size;
• and
• a next free data slot pointer;
• wherein the computer system is programmed to execute a plurality of threads;
• wherein the computer system is programmed to reserve a data slot for a first thread selected from the plurality of threads, wherein reserving the data slot for the first thread comprises:
• attempting to perform a first atomic operation to write to a first data slot pointed to by a current value of the next free data slot pointer an indication that the first data slot is filled;
• and
• performing one of the following disjunctive steps based on whether the first atomic operation is successful:
• conditioned upon success of the first atomic operation, updating the next free data slot pointer to point to a second data slot positioned sequentially after the first data slot;
• and
• conditioned upon failure of the first atomic operation, analyzing the second data slot.