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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Narendra Chakravarthy Nandam, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald B. Kay, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Narendra Chakravarthy Nandam, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald B. Kay, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for identifying, based on instructions stored externally to a processor containing a cache memory, a functional portion of the cache memory, then loading cache test code into the functional portion of the cache memory from an external source, and executing the cache test code stored in the cache memory to test the cache memory on a cache-line-granular basis and store fault information.