Patent
1997-07-25
1999-03-09
Ellis, Richard L.
G06F 900
Patent
active
058812806
ABSTRACT:
A method and related control logic for performing in line recovery from deferred exceptions generated by speculative operations. The control logic includes a re-execution register to mark operands of operations that should be re-executed in a special recovery mode. When the processor detects a deferred exception, it branches to the operation that generated the exception and enters the special in-line recovery mode. The processor executes operations non-speculatively in the recovery mode, and marks the result registers of these operations with re-execution flags. The processor then knows whether to re-execute an operation by checking for re-execution flags associated with the operands of an in-line operation. The processor exits recovery mode when it returns to the point where it detected the deferred exception. The re-execution register enables the processor to recover from deferred exceptions using the program code only, without any additional fix-up code or recovery code.
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Gupta Rajiv
Karp Alan H.
Ellis Richard L.
Hewlett--Packard Company
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