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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Inventors:
Manouk Vartan Manoukian, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Hugh Jackson, Sydney, AU;
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/122 (2013.01); G06F 9/3005 (2013.01); G06F 9/3861 (2013.01); G06F 9/4425 (2013.01); G06F 9/4426 (2013.01); G06F 2212/69 (2013.01);
Abstract
A return stack buffer (RSB) is modified such that each entry comprises two or more address slots. When a function is called, the address following the function call is pushed to the RSB and stored in a selected one of the address slots in a top entry in the RSB. One or more pointer bits within the entry are set to indicate which slot the address was stored in.
Manoukian, Manouk. (2016). Return stack buffer having multiple address slots per stack entry (U.S. Patent No. 9361242). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9361242
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