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Optimizing large page processing

US8966220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Alfred F. Foster · Wappingers Falls, US
David Horn · Nes Ziona, IL
Charles E. Mari · Wappingers Falls, US
Matthew J. Mauriello · Fishkill, US
Robert Miller, Jr. · Poughkeepsie, US
Mariama Ndoye · Poughkeepsie, US
Scott B. Tuttle · Staatsburg, US
Elpida Tzortzatos · Lagrangeville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2013
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/652
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for optimizing large page processing. The method includes receiving an indication that a real memory includes a first page. The first page includes a plurality of smaller pages. The method also includes determining a page frame table entry associated with a first smaller page of the first page and storing data associated with the first page in the page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page. The page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page of the first page is a data repository for the plurality of smaller pages of the first page.

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