File system format for persistent memory
US12119836B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/0695
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for compacting indirect blocks. For example, an object is represented as a structure including data blocks within which data of the object is stored and indirect blocks including block numbers of where the data blocks are located in storage. Block numbers within a set of indirect blocks are compacted into a compacted indirect block including a base block number, a count of additional block numbers after the base block number in the compacted indirect block, and a pattern of the block numbers in the compacted indirect block. The compacted indirect block is stored into memory for processing access operations to the object. Storing compacted indirect blocks into memory allows for more block numbers to be stored within memory.
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