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Method and apparatus for handling nested faults

US7640450B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 1, 2004
Grant dateDec 29, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/0793
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and a method for handling nested faults including the steps of determining whether a fault is a first level fault, responding to a determination of a first level fault by saving a first amount of state sufficient to handle a first level fault, and responding to a determination of a nested fault by saving an additional amount of state before handling the fault.

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