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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:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2021
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adam Benjamin Collura, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

James Bonanno, Liberty Hill, TX (US);

Brian Robert Prasky, Campbell Hall, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06F 16/2453 (2019.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2453 (2019.01); G06F 16/211 (2019.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are provided for using metadata presence information to determine when to access a higher-level metadata table. It is determined that an incomplete hit occurred for a line of metadata in a lower-level structure of a processor, the lower-level structure being coupled to a higher-level structure in a hierarchy. It is determined that metadata presence information in a metadata presence table is a match to the line of metadata from the lower-level structure. Responsive to determining the match, it is determined to avoid accessing the higher-level structure of the processor.


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