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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2000
Jerome Huck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Carol L. Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system of the present invention utilizes memory for storing a computer program and processing circuitry for processing and executing instructions of the computer program. In particular, the computer program includes a set of code and an unconditional branch instruction. The processing circuitry, in executing the computer program, receives run time data indicative of whether the set of code is enabled or disabled, and based on the run time data, the processing circuitry sets a value of a mode indicator. While the program is running, the processing circuitry receives and processes the unconditional branch instruction. When the set of code is disabled, the processing circuitry executes the unconditional branch instruction based on the mode indicator, thereby preventing execution of the set of code. However, when the set of code is enabled, the processing circuitry refrains from executing the unconditional branch instruction based on the mode indicator and executes the set of code. Thus, execution of the set of code is selectively enabled based on the status of the mode indicator.