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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Shaun M. Conrad, Cornelius, OR (US);

Russell J. Fenger, Beaverton, OR (US);

Gaurav Khanna, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Rahul Seth, Hillsboro, OR (US);

James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);

Anil Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Shaun M. Conrad, Cornelius, OR (US);

Russell J. Fenger, Beaverton, OR (US);

Gaurav Khanna, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Rahul Seth, Hillsboro, OR (US);

James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);

Anil Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1027 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 2212/683 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is described that includes recognizing that TLB information of one or more hardware threads is to be invalidated. The method also includes determining which ones of the one or more hardware threads are in a state in which TLB information is flushed. The method also includes directing a TLB shootdown to those of the or more hardware threads that are in a state in which TLB information is not flushed.


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