Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Returning to a control transfer instruction
- Patent Title (中): 返回到控制传输指令
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Application No.: US14484751Application Date: 2014-09-12
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Publication No.: US09519773B2Publication Date: 2016-12-13
- Inventor: Baiju Patel , Vedvyas Shanbhogue , Ravi Sahita
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: unknown Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: unknown Santa Clara
- Agent Thomas R. Lane
- Main IPC: H04K1/00
- IPC: H04K1/00 ; G06F21/52 ; G06F21/74 ; G06F9/30
Abstract:
In an embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having a decode unit and an execution unit. The decode unit is to decode control transfer instructions and the execution unit is to execute control transfer instructions, the control transfer instructions including a call instruction and a return instruction. The processor is to operate in a first mode in which the processor is to raise a fault if a next instruction to be executed immediately after the return instruction is not the call instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160078222A1 RETURNING TO A CONTROL TRANSFER INSTRUCTION Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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