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Indicating nearing the completion of a transaction

  • US 9,830,185 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2015
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for indicating that a transaction is near to completion in a multi-processor transaction execution environment, the method comprising:

  • beginning execution, by a processor, of instructions of a transaction in a transaction execution (TX) mode;

    executing a transaction hint instruction of the transaction, the hint instruction indicating proximity to transaction completion; and

    based on the proximity to transaction completion, determining whether to suppress an abort event from causing an abort of the transaction.

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