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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Zhen Fang, Portland, OR (US);
LI Zhao, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravishankar Iyer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tong LI, Portland, OR (US);
Donald K. Newell, Portland, OR (US);
Zhen Fang, Portland, OR (US);
Li Zhao, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravishankar Iyer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tong Li, Portland, OR (US);
Donald K. Newell, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a cache memory includes entries each to store a ring level identifier, which may indicate a privilege level of information stored in the entry. This identifier may be used in performing read accesses to the cache memory. As an example, a logic coupled to the cache memory may filter an access to one or more ways of a selected set of the cache memory based at least in part on a current privilege level of a processor and the ring level identifier of the one or more ways. Other embodiments are described and claimed.