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Exception handling for debugging in a graphics environment

US12154207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2021
Grant dateNov 26, 2024
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T1/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus to facilitate exception handling for debugging in a graphics environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes load store pipeline hardware circuitry to: in response to a page fault exception being enabled for a memory access request received from a thread of the plurality of threads, allocate a memory dependency token correlated to a scoreboard identifier (SBID) that is included with the memory access request; send, to memory fabric of the graphics processor, the memory access request comprising the memory dependency token; receive, from the memory fabric in response to the memory access request, a memory access response comprising the memory dependency token and indicating occurrence of a page fault error condition and fault details associated with the page fault error condition; and return the SBID associated with the memory access response and fault details of the page fault error condition to a debug register of the thread.

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