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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Jonathan D. Combs, Austin, TX (US);
Jason W. Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Valentine, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Inventors:
Jonathan D. Combs, Austin, TX (US);
Jason W. Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Valentine, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30094 (2013.01); G06F 9/30185 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder to receive and decode an instruction having a prefix and an opcode, an execution unit to execute the instruction based on the opcode, and flag modification override logic to prevent the execution unit from modifying a flag register of the processor based on the prefix of the instruction.