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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arvind Krishnaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Can Acar, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Turner, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 15/7846 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 2212/451 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing a control stack includes: writing a plurality of control information entries into a control stack buffer that is internal to a processor in response to one or more function calls; and in response to the control stack buffer being full and receiving a further function call, writing: the plurality of control information entries to an external memory that is external to the processor; and a further control information entry, corresponding to the further function call, to the control stack buffer.