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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Jimmie Earl Dewitt, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Michael Richardson, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmie Earl DeWitt, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
Frank Eliot Levine, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher Michael Richardson, Austin, TX (US);
Robert John Urquhart, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Illustrative embodiments cover a data processing system for processing instructions and monitoring accesses to memory location ranges. An instruction for execution is identified. A determination is made as to whether the instruction is within a contiguous range of instructions. Execution information relating to the instruction is identified if the instruction is within the contiguous range of instructions. With memory location accesses, an access to a memory location is identified. A determination of whether the memory location is within a contiguous range of memory locations is made. Access information is identified if the memory location is within the contiguous range of memory locations.