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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Dirk Heisswolf, Munich, DE;
Damon Peter Broderick, Munich, DE;
Andreas Ralph Pachl, Neubiberg, DE;
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A processing device and a method of executing an instruction sequence are described. The processing device comprises a status register for providing a status word, wherein execution of an instruction by the processing device comprises updating the status word, wherein the instruction sequence comprises a subsequence of one or more selected instructions, and wherein execution of a selected instruction by the processing device further comprises a status check which comprises: providing a set of valid status words; verifying whether the updated status word is in the set of valid status words; and initiating an alert action if the updated status word is not in the set of valid status words.