METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISABLING ERROR COUNTERMEASURE IN PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce any adverse affects of handling processing errors by at least temporarily disabling any error countermeasures. PSOLUTION: Methods and apparatus are provided for disabling error handling countermeasures in various processing contexts by monitoring whether a given processing context requires error handling countermeasures; and disabling any recoverable error correction countermeasures when such countermeasures are not required. The methods and apparatus further comprises associating an attribute indicating whether the error correction countermeasure should be used when executing the instruction or the data with the instruction or the data. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI