Patent №
US 7,249,285
Granted
2007-07-24
Filed 2004
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10808739
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determine whether an instruction at which an address watch breakpoint occurs is within a hardware synchronization mechanism range in a program. If the determination is true, a special breakpoint is set following the hardware synchronization mechanism range, the address watch breakpoint is temporarily disabled, and the machine state is saved. When the program encounters the special breakpoint following the end of the hardware synchronization mechanism range, the saved machine state is presented. In this way, endless looping in programs protected by hardware synchronization mechanisms may be prevented.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 151450542
Assignors
BROCK, JOHN C., CHANEY, GREGORY A., ERICKSON, KEVIN J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.