Multiprocessor memory management method
US4811216A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a multiprocessor system (FIG. 1), memory (22) of each adjunct processor (11-12) comprises global memory (42) and local memory (41). All global memory is managed by a process manager (30) of host processor (10). Each processor's local memory is managed by its operating system kernel (31). Local memory comprises uncommitted memory (45) not allocated to any process and committed memory (46) allocated to processes. The process manager assigns processes to processors and satisfies their initial memory requirements through global memory allocations. Each kernel satisfies processes' dynamic memory allocation requests from uncommitted memory, and deallocated to uncommitted memory both memory that is dynamically requested to be deallocated and memory of terminating processes. Each processor's kernel and the process manager cooperate to transfer memory between global memory and uncommitted memory to keep the amount of uncommitted memory within a predetermined range.
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