OVERLAP CHECKING FOR A TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER (TLB)

OVERLAP CHECKING FOR A TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER (TLB)

An apparatus includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). The TLB includes at least one entry that includes an entry virtual address and an entry page size indication corresponding to an entry page. The apparatus also includes input logic configured to receive an input page size indication and an...

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Hauptverfasser: TOLEY, RAHUL R, PLONDKE, ERICH J, CODRESCU, LUCIAN, HAMDAN, FADI A, MAHON, SHANE M, VENKUMAHANTI, SURESH K
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus includes a translation lookaside buffer (TLB). The TLB includes at least one entry that includes an entry virtual address and an entry page size indication corresponding to an entry page. The apparatus also includes input logic configured to receive an input page size indication and an input virtual address corresponding to an input page. The apparatus further includes overlap checking logic configured to determine, based at least in part on the entry page size indication and the input page size indication, whether the input page overlaps the entry page.