Instruction and logic for flush-on-fail operation
US9563557B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/608
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A processor includes a memory management unit and a front end including a decoder. The decoder includes logic to receive a flush-on-commit (FoC) instruction to flush dirty data from a volatile cache to a persistent memory upon commitment of a store associated with the FoC instruction. The memory management unit includes logic to, based upon a flush-on-fail (FoF) mode, skip execution of the flush-on-commit instruction and to flush the dirty data from the volatile cache upon a subsequent FoF operation.
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