Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Translation hints
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Application No.: US17484155Application Date: 2021-09-24
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Publication No.: US12007905B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Jonathan Curtis Beard , Luis Emilio Pena
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F12/10
- IPC: G06F12/10 ; G06F12/1045 ; G06F12/1072

Abstract:
A hinter data processing apparatus is provided with processing circuitry that determines that an execution context to be executed on a hintee data processing apparatus will require a virtual-to-physical address translation. Hint circuitry transmits a hint to a hintee data processing apparatus to prefetch a virtual-to-physical address translation in respect of an execution context of the further data processing apparatus. A hintee data processing apparatus is also provided with receiving circuitry that receives a hint from a hinter data processing apparatus to prefetch a virtual-to-physical address translation in respect of an execution context of the further data processing apparatus. Processing circuitry determines whether to follow the hint and, in response to determining that the hint is to be followed, causes the virtual-to-physical address translation to be prefetched for the execution context of the data processing apparatus. In both cases, the hint comprises an identifier of the execution context.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230102006A1 TRANSLATION HINTS Public/Granted day:2023-03-30
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