Selectively marking and executing instrumentation code

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for executing instructions. A determination is made as to whether a set of instructions are a set of instrumentation instructions in response to identifying the set of instructions in instructions for execution. A further determi...

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Wen-Tzer Thomas, DeWitt, Jr, Jimmie Earl, Levine, Frank Eliot, Pineda, Enio Manuel
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for executing instructions. A determination is made as to whether a set of instructions are a set of instrumentation instructions in response to identifying the set of instructions in instructions for execution. A further determination is made as to whether a processor executing the instructions is in an instrumentation mode if the set of instructions are instrumentation instructions. The processor executes the set of instrumentation instructions only if the processor is in the instrumentation mode.