Registering a user-handler in hardware for transactional memory event handling

A method and apparatus for registering a user-handler in hardware for transactional memory is herein described. A user-accessible register is to hold a reference to a transactional handler. An event register may also be provided to specify handler events, which may be done utilizing user-level softw...

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Main Authors Bassin Vadim, Raikin Shlomo, Sheaffer Gad
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.10.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method and apparatus for registering a user-handler in hardware for transactional memory is herein described. A user-accessible register is to hold a reference to a transactional handler. An event register may also be provided to specify handler events, which may be done utilizing user-level software, privileged software, or by hardware. When an event is detected execution vectors to the transaction handler based on the reference to the transactional handler held in the user-accessible register. The transactional handler handles the event and then execution returns to normal flow.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080346518