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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Martin Taillefer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jan Gray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Wurdack, Seattle, WA (US);
Gad Sheaffer, Haifa, IL;
Ali-reza Adl Tabatabai, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Taillefer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jan Gray, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Wurdack, Seattle, WA (US);
Gad Sheaffer, Haifa, IL;
Ali-Reza Adl Tabatabai, San Jose, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Monitoring performance of one or more architecturally significant processor caches coupled to a processor. The methods include executing an application on one or more processors coupled to one or more architecturally significant processor caches, where the application utilizes the architecturally significant portions of the architecturally significant processor caches. The methods further include at least one of generating metrics related to performance of the architecturally significant processor caches; implementing one or more debug exceptions related to performance of the architecturally significant processor caches; or implementing one or more transactional breakpoints related to performance of the architecturally significant processor caches as a result of utilizing the architecturally significant portions of the architecturally significant processor caches.