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Efficient garbage collection and exception handling in a hardware accelerated transactional memory system

US9658880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Jan Gray · Bellevue, US
Martin Taillefer · Redmond, US
Yosseff Levanoni · Redmond, US
Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai · Santa Clara, US
Dave Detlefs · Issaquah, US
Vinod Grover · Mercer Island, US
Michael M. Magruder · Issaquah, US
Gad Sheaffer · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2013
Grant date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/082
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Handling garbage collection and exceptions in hardware assisted transactions. Embodiments are practiced in a computing environment including a hardware assisted transaction system. A method includes beginning a hardware assisted transaction, raising an exception while in the hardware assisted transaction, including creating an exception object, determining that the transaction should be rolled back, and as a result of determining that the transaction should be rolled back, marshaling the exception object out of the hardware assisted transaction.

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