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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kenneth L. Ward, Austin, TX (US);
Dung Q. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Susan E. Eisen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Christopher M. Mueller, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joe Lee, Round Rock, TX (US);
Deepak K. Singh, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for stopping completions using stop codes in an instruction completion table are provided by during a first clock cycle, in response to determining that a given entry in an Instruction Completion Table (ICT) is finalized and is associated with a stop code, completing, according to a program order, instructions included in one or more finalized entries of the ICT located in the ICT before the given entry; during a second clock cycle, after completing the instructions, performing exception processing for a special instruction included in the given entry; and during a third clock cycle, after processing the special instruction, completing, according to the program order, additional instructions in one or more finalized entries located in the ICT after the given entry.