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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dan F. Greiner, San Jose, CA (US);
Christian Jacobi, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Robert R. Rogers, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Timothy J. Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3861 (2013.01); G06F 9/3001 (2013.01); G06F 9/3004 (2013.01); G06F 9/30047 (2013.01); G06F 9/30076 (2013.01); G06F 9/30087 (2013.01); G06F 9/30098 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30181 (2013.01); G06F 9/3834 (2013.01); G06F 9/466 (2013.01);
Abstract
Execution of instructions in a transactional environment is selectively controlled. A TRANSACTION BEGIN instruction initiates a transaction and includes controls that selectively indicate whether certain types of instructions are permitted to execute within the transaction. The controls include one or more of an allow access register modification control and an allow floating point operation control.