Method of identifying and self-modifying code
US5835949A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3812
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of readily identifying and handling self-modifying variable length instructions in a pipelined processor is disclosed employing index tags associated with each stage of the execution pipeline wherein the index tags identify the cache line numbers in the instruction cache from which the instructions originate.
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