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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
William Preston Alexander, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Tod Dimpsey, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
William Preston Alexander, III, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Tod Dimpsey, Austin, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a processor for checking assertions. A determination by the processor is made as to whether metadata for an assertion is associated with the memory location, in response to detecting a change in data in a memory location. The data to the assertion is compared by the processor, in response to the metadata being associated with the memory location. An error is generated by the processor if the assertion is invalid, with respect to the data. The processor checks the assertions for validity.