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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Salvador Palanca, Folsom, CA (US);
Stephen A. Fischer, Gold River, CA (US);
Subramaniam Maiyuran, Gold River, CA (US);
Shekoufeh Qawami, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Salvador Palanca, Folsom, CA (US);
Stephen A. Fischer, Gold River, CA (US);
Subramaniam Maiyuran, Gold River, CA (US);
Shekoufeh Qawami, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for fencing memory accesses. Memory loads can be fenced, or all memory access can be fenced. The system receives a fencing instruction that separates memory access instructions into older accesses and newer accesses. A buffer within the memory ordering unit is allocated to the instruction. The access instructions newer than the fencing instruction are stalled. The older access instructions are gradually retired. When all older memory accesses are retired, the fencing instruction is dispatched from the buffer.