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Nontransactional store instruction

  • US 10,599,435 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2016
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product for executing an instruction within a computing environment, said computer program product comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

    obtaining, by a processor, a machine instruction for execution, the machine instruction being defined for computer execution according to a computer architecture, the machine instruction comprising;

    an operation code to specify a nontransactional store operation;

    a first operand; and

    a second operand to designate a location for the first operand; and

    executing, by the processor, the machine instruction, the executing comprising;

    nontransactionally placing the first operand at the location specified by the second operand, wherein information stored at the second operand is retained despite an abort of a transaction associated with the machine instruction, and wherein the nontransactionally placing is delayed until an end of transactional execution mode of the processor.

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