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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicants:
Koichi Yamada, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashish Bijlani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jiwei LU, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cheng Yan Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Koichi Yamada, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ashish Bijlani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jiwei Lu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cheng Yan Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described. The method includes receiving an instruction, accessing a return cache to load a predicted return target address upon determining that the instruction is a return instruction, searching a lookup table for executable binary code upon determining that the predicted translated return target address is incorrect and executing the executable binary code to perform a binary translation.