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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Matthew William Ashcraft, Belmont, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Christopher Patrick Nelson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ivan Pavle Radivojevic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Byron Rowlands, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard Win Thaik, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew William Ashcraft, Belmont, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Christopher Patrick Nelson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ivan Pavle Radivojevic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Byron Rowlands, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard Win Thaik, San Jose, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for optimizing a sequence of operations adapted for execution by a processor is disclosed to include locating an operation, if any, that is next within the sequence of operations and setting a current operation to be that operation. The current operation is processed as follows: a) de-activating, if not already de-activated, a consumed indicator associated with the current operation; and b) when the current operation is of the producer type, then activating, if not already activated, a producer indicator associated with the current operation, and locating a first set of operations, if any, that i) are earlier in the sequence of operations than the current operation, ii) have their associated producer indicator activated, and iii) have their associated consumed indicator de-activated, and then de-activating the producer indicator associated with each operation in the first set. When the current operation is of the consumer type, then locating a second set of operations, if any, that are earlier in the sequence of operations than the current operation, and then activating, if not already activated, the consumed indicator associated with each operation in the second set.