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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDEEPAK GUPTA, MINGWEI ZHANG, RAVI SAHITA, VEDVYAS SHANBHOGUE, MICHAEL LEMAY, DAVID M. DURHAM
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An apparatus and method for memory management using compartmentalization. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: execution circuitry to execute instructions and process data, at least one instruction to generate a system memory access request using a first linear address; and address translation circuitry to perform a first walk operation through a set of one or more address translation tables to translate the first linear address to a first physical address, the address translation circuitry to concurrently perform a second walk operation through a set of one or more linear address metadata tables to identify metadata associated with the linear address, and to use one or more portions of the metadata to validate access by the at least one instruction to the first physical address.
A processor comprising:
A method comprising:
A machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the operations of:
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