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Avoiding mapping conflicts in a translation look-aside buffer

US6567907B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2000
Grant dateMay 20, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/657
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system with mechanisms for avoiding mapping conflicts in a translation look-aside buffer. A memory manager in the computer system allocates a virtual address to a process by determining a set of previously allocated virtual addresses for the process and selecting the virtual address such that the mapping of the virtual address to the translation look-aside buffer does not conflict with any of the previously allocated virtual addresses.

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