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Garbage data scrubbing method, and device

US11126546B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 2017
Grant dateSep 21, 2021
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7205
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This application provides a garbage data scrubbing method and a device, and relates to the field of terminals, to resolve a problem that delivering a discard message in a file system transaction affects a user foreground operation. The method includes: obtaining an IO busy/idle status of a terminal at a current moment, where the IO busy/idle status includes a busy state and an idle state (S301); and if the IO busy/idle status of the terminal at the current moment is the idle state, delivering a discard message to a storage device (S302), where the discard message includes an initial address and a size of to-be-scrubbed physical space in the storage device, and the discard message is used to unbind a mapping relationship between a physical address of the to-be-scrubbed physical space and a corresponding logical address.

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