Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transaction abort instruction
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Application No.: US13524855Application Date: 2012-06-15
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Publication No.: US09436477B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Dan F. Greiner , Christian Jacobi , Marcel M. Mitran , Timothy J. Slegel
- Applicant: Dan F. Greiner , Christian Jacobi , Marcel M. Mitran , Timothy J. Slegel
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent William A. Kinnaman, Jr., Esq.; Blanche E. Schiller, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F9/38
- IPC: G06F9/38 ; G06F9/30
Abstract:
A TRANSACTION ABORT instruction is used to abort a transaction that is executing in a computing environment. The TRANSACTION ABORT instruction includes at least one field used to specify a user-defined abort code that indicates the specific reason for aborting the transaction. Based on executing the TRANSACTION ABORT instruction, a condition code is provided that indicates whether re-execution of the transaction is recommended.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130339676A1 TRANSACTION ABORT INSTRUCTION Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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