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Circular buffer in a redundant virtualization environment

US8533390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Yao Zu Dong · Shanghai, CN
Kun Tian · Shanghai, CN
Yunhong Jiang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2010
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2205/106
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for a circular buffer in a redundant virtualization environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a head indicator storage location, an outgoing tail indicator storage location, a buffer tail storage location, and fetch hardware. The head indicator, outgoing tail indicators, and buffer tail indicators are to indicate a head, outgoing tail, and buffer tail, respectively, of a circular buffer. The fetch hardware is to fetch from the head of the circular buffer and advance the head no further than the outgoing tail. The buffer tail is to be filled by software and advanced no further than the head.

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