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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Wen-tzer Thomas Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmie Earl Dewitt, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Enio Manuel Pineda, Austin, TX (US);
Wen-Tzer Thomas Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmie Earl DeWitt, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Enio Manuel Pineda, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for executing instructions. A determination is made as to whether a set of instructions are a set of instrumentation instructions in response to identifying the set of instructions in instructions for execution. A further determination is made as to whether a processor executing the instructions is in an instrumentation mode if the set of instructions are instrumentation instructions. The processor executes the set of instrumentation instructions only if the processor is in the instrumentation mode.