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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

David M. Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);

Michael Lemay, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Men Long, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/1027 (2016.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1027 (2013.01); G06F 9/3005 (2013.01); G06F 12/1408 (2013.01); G06F 2212/402 (2013.01); G06F 2212/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technologies for execute only transactional memory include a computing device with a processor and a memory. The processor includes an instruction translation lookaside buffer (iTLB) and a data translation lookaside buffer (dTLB). In response to a page miss, the processor determines whether a page physical address is within an execute only transactional (XOT) range of the memory. If within the XOT range, the processor may populate the iTLB with the page physical address and prevent the dTLB from being populated with the page physical address. In response to an asynchronous change of control flow such as an interrupt, the processor determines whether a last iTLB translation is within the XOT range. If within the XOT range, the processor clears or otherwise secures the processor register state. The processor ensures that an XOT range starts execution at an authorized entry point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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