REGISTERING USER HANDLER IN HARDWARE FOR TRANSACTIONAL MEMORY EVENT HANDLING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for registering a user handler in hardware for transactional memory.;SOLUTION: A user-accessible register holds 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 or privileged software or by hardware. When an event is detected, execution is directed 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 the execution returns to a normal flow.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT