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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Huayong Wang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer readable article of manufacture for executing a transaction by a processor apparatus that includes a plurality of hardware threads. The method includes the steps of: executing, by the processor apparatus using the plurality of hardware threads, a main software thread for executing the transaction and a helper software thread for executing a barrier function; and deciding, by the processor apparatus, whether or not the barrier function is required to be executed when the main software thread encounters a transactional load or store operation that requires the main software thread to read or write data.