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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Lee W. Howes, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benedict R. Gaster, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Michael C. Houston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark Leather, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Norman Rubin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian D. Emberling, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lee W. Howes, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benedict R. Gaster, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Michael C. Houston, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark Leather, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Norman Rubin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian D. Emberling, San Mateo, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method, system, and computer program product embodiments for synchronizing workitems on one or more processors are disclosed. The embodiments include executing a barrier skip instruction by a first workitem from the group, and responsive to the executed barrier skip instruction, reconfiguring a barrier to synchronize other workitems from the group in a plurality of points in a sequence without requiring the first workitem to reach the barrier in any of the plurality of points.