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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Harald Boehm, Schoenaich, DE;
Ute Gaertner, Schoenaich, DE;
Jennifer A. Navarro, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Lisa C. Heller, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Harald Boehm, Schoenaich, DE;
Ute Gaertner, Schoenaich, DE;
Jennifer A. Navarro, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for providing a programmable quiesce filtering register. The method includes receiving a quiesce interruption request at the processor. The processor is executing in a mode. A filtering zone associated with the mode is identified. It is determined if the quiesce interruption request can be filtered by the processor. The determining is responsive to the filtering zone and to contents of a programmable filtering register for indicating exceptions to filtering performed by the receiving processor. The quiesce interruption request is filtered in response to determining that the request can be filtered.