OPTIMIZE BOUND INFORMATION ACCESSES IN BUFFER PROTECTION

A method, system and apparatus for providing bound information accesses in buffer protection, including providing one-to-one mapping between a general-purpose register and bound information in a BI (bound information) register, saving loaded bound information in the BI register for future use, provi...

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Main Authors Boivie, Richard H, Buyuktosunoglu, Alper, Chen, Tong
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.06.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, system and apparatus for providing bound information accesses in buffer protection, including providing one-to-one mapping between a general-purpose register and bound information in a BI (bound information) register, saving loaded bound information in the BI register for future use, providing integrity of the bound information in the BI register that is maintained along program execution, and providing a pro-active load of the bound information with one-bit extra control on load instruction of the BI register.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017137708