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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew V. Anderson, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Richard A. Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
David M. Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ronak Singhal, Portland, OR (US);
Xiangbin Wu, Beijing, CN;
Sailesh Kottapalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an invention for monitoring the operation of a processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a hardware agent external to the processor. The processor includes virtualization logic to provide for the processor to operate in a root mode and in a non-root mode. The hardware agent is to verify operation of the processor in the non-root mode based on tracing information to be collected by a software agent to be executed by the processor in the root mode.