Techniques for managing context information for a storage device
US11579789B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2213/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein are techniques for managing context information for data stored within a non-volatile memory of a computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include (1) loading, into a volatile memory of the computing device, the context information from the non-volatile memory, where the context information is separated into a plurality of silos, (2) writing transactions into a log stored within the non-volatile memory, and (3) each time a condition is satisfied: (i) identifying a next silo of the plurality of silos to be written into the non-volatile memory, (ii) updating the next silo to reflect the transactions that apply to the next silo, and (iii) writing the next silo into the non-volatile memory. In turn, when an inadvertent shutdown of the computing device occurs, the silos of which the context information is comprised can be sequentially accessed and restored in an efficient manner.
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