Techniques for exception handling by rewriting dispatch...

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2007-11-13

2007-11-13

Bullock, Jr., Lewis A. (Department: 2195)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Testing or debugging

C717S139000, C712S244000, C714S038110, C710S262000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10211933

ABSTRACT:
A technique for implementing a data processor to determine if an exception has been thrown. Specifically, the technique may be used in an interpretive environment where a table known as a bytecode (upcode) dispatch table is used. The dispatch table contains addresses for code that implements each bytecode. When the interpreter executes normally, these addresses point to the basic target machine code for executing each bytecode. However, when an Asynchrounously Interrupted Exception (AIE) is thrown, then the dispatch table is repopulated so that all byte codes point to routines that can handle the exception. These may point to a routine, such as an athrow, that has been extended to handle the special case of the AIE. Alternatively, the rewritten table can point to a routine that is specifically written to handle the firing of an AIE. The table contents are restored to their prior state once the exception handling is complete. The scheme may also be implemented non-rewriting of the table if a thread is in a non-Asynchronous Transfer of Control (to defer ATC) deferred state.

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