发明名称 USING A CONVERSION LOOK ASIDE BUFFER TO IMPLEMENT AN INSTRUCTION SET AGNOSTIC RUNTIME ARCHITECTURE
摘要 A system for an agnostic runtime architecture. The system includes a system emulation/virtualization converter, an application code converter, and a converter, wherein a system emulation/virtualization converter and an application code converter implement a system emulation process. The system converter implements a system and application conversion process for executing code from a guest image, wherein the system converter or the system emulator accesses a plurality of guest instructions that comprise multiple guest branch instructions, and assembles the plurality of guest instructions into a guest instruction block. The system converter also translates the guest instruction block into a corresponding native conversion block, stores the native conversion block into a native cache, and stores a mapping of the guest instruction block to corresponding native conversion block in a conversion look aside buffer. Upon a subsequent request for a guest instruction, the conversion look aside buffer is indexed to determine whether a hit occurred, wherein the mapping indicates the guest instruction has a corresponding converted native instruction in the native cache, and forwards the converted native instruction for execution in response to the hit.
申请公布号 US2016026487(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.01.28
申请号 US201514807313 申请日期 2015.07.23
申请人 Soft Machines, Inc. 发明人 Abdallah Mohammad
分类号 G06F9/455 主分类号 G06F9/455
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A system for an agnostic runtime architecture, comprising: a system emulation/virtualization converter; an application code converter; and a converter wherein a system emulation/virtualization converter and a application code converter implement a system emulation process, and wherein the system converter implements a system and application conversion process for executing code from a guest image, wherein the system converter or the system emulator: accesses a plurality of guest instructions that comprise multiple guest branch instructions; assembles the plurality of guest instructions into a guest instruction block; translates the guest instruction block into a corresponding native conversion block; stores the native conversion block into a native cache; stores a mapping of the guest instruction block to corresponding native conversion block in a conversion look aside buffer; upon a subsequent request for a guest instruction, indexes the conversion look aside buffer to determine whether a hit occurred, wherein the mapping indicates the guest instruction has a corresponding converted native instruction in the native cache; and forwards the converted native instruction for execution in response to the hit.
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