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Out-of-memory avoidance in dynamic virtual machine memory adjustment

US9311236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael H. Dawson · Austin, US
Charles R. Gracie · Ottawa, CA
Graeme Johnson · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2012
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/0646
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An unused free memory shortage relative to an adjusted heap maximum size associated with a memory heap of application memory is detected. The adjusted heap maximum size is set to a heap size smaller than a maximum heap allocation size. An increase to the adjusted heap maximum size that resolves the unused free memory shortage is calculated. The adjusted heap maximum size is increased by the calculated increase to the adjusted heap maximum size.

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