Mechanism for load block on store address generation

Abstract

A processor employs ordering dependencies for load instruction operations upon store address instruction operations. The processor divides store operations into store address instruction operations and store data instruction operations. The store address instruction operations generate the address of the store, and the store data instruction operations route the corresponding data to the load/store unit. The processor maintains a store address dependency vector indicating each of the outstanding store addresses and records ordering dependencies upon the store address instruction operations for each load instruction operation. Accordingly, the load instruction operation is not scheduled until each prior store address instruction operation has been scheduled. Store addresses are available for dependency checking against the load address upon execution of the load instruction operation. If a memory dependency exists, it may be detected upon execution of the load instruction operation.

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