Locking a cache line for write operations on a bus
US9436607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/657
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for locking a cache line for a burst write operations on a bus. A cache line is allocated in a cache for a target address. A lock is set for the cache line, wherein setting the lock prevents the data in the cache line from being cast out. Data is written to the cache line. All the data in the cache line is flushed to the target address over a bus in response to completing writing to the cache line.
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