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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, TX (US);
Giles Roger Frazier, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald P. Hall, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A processor includes an initiating hardware thread, which initiates a first assist hardware thread to execute a first code segment. Next, the initiating hardware thread sets an assist thread executing indicator in response to initiating the first assist hardware thread. The set assist thread executing indicator indicates whether assist hardware threads are executing. A second assist hardware thread initiates and begins executing a second code segment. In turn, the initiating hardware thread detects a change in the assist thread executing indicator, which signifies that both the first assist hardware thread and the second assist hardware thread terminated. As such, the initiating hardware thread evaluates assist hardware thread results in response to both of the assist hardware threads terminating.