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Store operations to maintain cache coherence

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1373722
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes encountering a store operation during a compile-time of a program, where the store operation is applicable to a memory line. It is determined, by a computer processor, that no cache coherence action is necessary for the store operation. A store-without-coherence-action instruction is generated for the store operation, responsive to determining that no cache coherence action is necessary. The store-without-coherence-action instruction specifies that the store operation is to be performed without a cache coherence action, and cache coherence is maintained upon execution of the store-without-coherence-action instruction.
Research Organization:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Patent Number(s):
9,720,832
Application Number:
14/671,050
OSTI ID:
1373722
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

The IBM RISC System/6000 processor: Hardware overview journal January 1990
Automatic software cache coherence through vectorization conference January 1992
Cohesion: a hybrid memory model for accelerators conference January 2010

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