Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery – Data processing system error or fault handling – Reliability and availability
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-27
2009-11-10
Beausoliel, Robert (Department: 2113)
Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
Data processing system error or fault handling
Reliability and availability
C714S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07617421
ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that reports reasons for failure during transactional execution. During operation, the system transactionally executes a block of instructions in a program. If the transactional execution of the block of instructions completes successfully, the system commits changes made during the transactional execution, and resumes normal non-transactional execution of the program past the block of instructions. Otherwise, if transactional execution of the block of instructions fails, the system discards changes made during the transactional execution, and records failure information indicating why the transactional execution failed.
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Caprioli Paul
Chaudhry Shailender
Yip Sherman H.
Beausoliel Robert
Lottich Joshua P
Park Vaughan & Fleming LLP
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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