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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Satish G. U, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a timer apparatus is configured to time a duration in which interrupts are disabled on a processor. The apparatus includes an input to receive a start signal indicating that an interrupt on a processor is disabled, a counter to determine the duration in which interrupts are disabled, and an output to signal a timer event based on the counter. The processor may be configured to trigger a hardware exception in response to the timer event signal. When the interrupts are re-enabled on the processor, the counter of the apparatus may be disabled.