Cache lock mechanism with speculative allocation
US6986010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0802
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus to speculatively allocate a combinable store request buffer for a cache lock operation by setting an extended lock indicator. The store request buffer is speculatively allocated and the load-lock micro-operation associated with the cache lock operation is sent to a replay loop. During the replay window, conflict detection processing is completed. When the load-lock micro-operation returns from replay, the store buffer is de-allocated if a conflict has been detected during the replay window.
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