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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Susan E. Eisen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Nicholas R. Orzol, Austin, TX (US);
Mehul Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Eula A. Tolentino, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 9/3016 (2013.01); G06F 9/30058 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
Executing system call vectored (SCV) instructions in a multi-slice processor including receiving, by an instruction fetch unit, a SCV instruction, wherein the SCV instruction is a system call from an operating system; sending the SCV instruction to a branch issue queue; determining, by the branch issue queue, that the SCV instruction is next-to-complete; issuing the SCV instruction to a branch resolution unit; and executing the SCV instruction by the branch resolution unit.