APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PAGE PROTECTION FAULTS IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PAGE PROTECTION FAULTS IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM

Method and apparatus for handling page protection faults in combination particularly with the dynamic conversion of binary code executable by a one computing platform into binary code executed instead by another computing platform. In one exemplary aspect, a page protection fault handling unit is us...

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Hauptverfasser: Murray, Simon, North, Geraint M
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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Zusammenfassung:Method and apparatus for handling page protection faults in combination particularly with the dynamic conversion of binary code executable by a one computing platform into binary code executed instead by another computing platform. In one exemplary aspect, a page protection fault handling unit is used to detect memory accesses, to check page protection information relevant to the detected access by examining the contents of a page descriptor store, and to selectively allow the access or pass on page protection fault information in accordance with the page protection information.