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- Patent Title: Multiple processor modes execution method and apparatus including signal handling
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Application No.: US14724394Application Date: 2015-05-28
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Publication No.: US09753787B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Yihua Jin , Xiao Dong Lin , Yong Wu , Jianhui Li , Xueliang Zhong
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F9/54
- IPC: G06F9/54 ; G06F12/0842 ; G06F9/46 ; G06F12/02

Abstract:
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with multiple processor modes execution are described herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a processor with a plurality of processor modes, including a first processor mode to address a first address space, and a second processor mode to address a second address space, the second address space including the first address space. The apparatus may further include a signal handler to handle a signal from a kernel, in the first processor mode; and a signal handler wrapper to switch the processor to the second processor mode on delivery of the signal from the kernel, save a current extra context of the second processor mode from the second register file to a user stack, switch the processor back to the first processor mode, then invoke the signal handler to handle the signal. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160350161A1 MULTIPLE PROCESSOR MODES EXECUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS INCLUDING SIGNAL HANDLING Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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