METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIAL CHECKPOINTING

A processor core stores information that maps a physical register to an architectural register in response to an instruction modifying the architectural register. The processor recovers a checkpointed state of a set of architectural registers prior to modification of the architectural register by th...

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Hauptverfasser: SPADINI FRANCESCO, ACHENBACH MICHAEL
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Zusammenfassung:A processor core stores information that maps a physical register to an architectural register in response to an instruction modifying the architectural register. The processor recovers a checkpointed state of a set of architectural registers prior to modification of the architectural register by the instruction by modifying a reference mapping of physical registers to the set of architectural registers using the stored information.