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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrea Mambretti, Zurich, CH;
Anil Kurmus, Zurich, CH;
Alessandro Sorniotti, Zurich, CH;
Marc Ph. Stoecklin, Richterswil, CH;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Instruction processing information is obtained for an instruction of a computer program being executed by a processor of a computing environment. Based on obtaining the instruction processing information, a determination is made that the instruction is an identified instruction selected to be tracked as the instruction proceeds through one or more instruction pipeline stages of a micro-architecture of the processor. Based on ascertaining that the identified instruction is transient, one or more counters of a performance monitoring unit are updated to reflect processing of the identified instruction in at least one instruction pipeline stage of the one or more instruction pipeline stages. Information from the one or more counters is provided and is to be analyzed to determine a path of the identified instruction that is transient. The path is to be used to determine whether one or more vulnerabilities exist within the program.