System and method for identifying tlb entries associated with a physical address of a specified range

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, responsive to execution by a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

• determining whether a physical address of a tentative entry of a translation lookaside buffer is within a predetermined physical memory range for which an exception should be raised;
• and raising an exception responsive to said physical address of said tentative entry of said translation lookaside buffer within said predetermined physical memory range.

A computer system comprising:

• a memory comprising a plurality of instructions;
• a comparator operable to compare two values;
• and a processor operable to determine whether a physical address of a tentative entry of a translation lookaside buffer is within a predetermined physical memory range for which an exception should be raised based on a comparison using said comparator, wherein said processor is further operable to raise an exception responsive to said physical address of said tentative entry of said translation lookaside buffer within said predetermined physical memory range.