Patent · US Expired

Servicing of interrupts with stored and restored flags

US6493781B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateDec 10, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for avoiding the corruption of information which can occur when a processor nests subroutines and these subroutines disable and enable interrupts.

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