Efficiently locating transactional code blocks in a transactional memory system
US8006227B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/314
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for creating and/or locating transactional code blocks in a transactional memory system. A user such as a software developer can decorate a particular function with an identifier to indicate that the particular function is transaction-safe. A normal version and a transactional version are then created for each function of a software application that is marked as transaction-safe. A normal version is created for each function that is not marked as transaction-safe. For the normal version of each function that is marked as transaction-safe, a stub pointer in the normal version is pointed to the transactional version. The proper version of the function is then called depending on the execution context.
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