CPC G06F 9/3806 (2013.01) [G06F 9/3844 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method of updating metadata prediction tables, the computer-implemented method comprising:
establishing, in the metadata prediction tables, a prediction of how a set of instructions will resolve;
identifying that the set of instructions is completed;
determining, upon completion of the set of instructions, whether prediction update queues (PUQs) associated with the set of instructions indicate that the set of instructions resolved in one of a plurality of prescribed manners relative to the prediction;
deciding that the metadata prediction tables are candidates to be updated based on the PUQs indicating that the set of instructions resolved in one of the plurality of prescribed manners; and
updating the metadata prediction tables in accordance with results of the deciding.
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