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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2021
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dan Greiner, San Jose, CA (US);
Damian Osisek, Vestal, NY (US);
Timothy Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Lisa Cranton Heller, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30167 (2013.01); G06F 9/45541 (2013.01); G06F 9/45554 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a processor supporting execution of a plurality of functions of an instruction, an instruction blocking value is set for blocking one or more of the plurality of functions, such that an attempt to execute one of the blocked functions, will result in a program exception and the instruction will not execute, however the same instruction will be able to execute any of the functions that are not blocked functions.