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Memory management in a multi-threaded computing environment

US10908959B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Daniel Booss · Angelbachtal, DE
Robert Kettler · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/9024
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system or product, the method comprising receiving, by a memory management system, a first memory request from a first thread in a multi-threaded computing environment, the memory request including a target value associated with a size of memory requested by the first thread; in response to receiving the first memory request, retrieving a header referencing a first node in a linked list data structure having a plurality of connected nodes, the header comprising a first pointer value, referring to a free first memory block, and a first size value associated with a size of the first memory block; reading, by way of an atomic operation, the first pointer value and the first size value from the linked list data structure.

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