Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique for preserving memory affinity in a non-uniform memory access data processing system
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Application No.: US13015733Application Date: 2011-01-28
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Publication No.: US10169087B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Mathew Accapadi , Robert H. Bell, Jr. , Men-Chow Chiang , Hong L. Hua
- Applicant: Mathew Accapadi , Robert H. Bell, Jr. , Men-Chow Chiang , Hong L. Hua
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Antony P. Ng; Steven L. Bennett
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F9/50

Abstract:
Techniques for preserving memory affinity in a computer system is disclosed. In response to a request for memory access to a page within a memory affinity domain, a determination is made if the request is initiated by a processor associated with the memory affinity domain. If the request is not initiated by a processor associated with the memory affinity domain, a determination is made if there is a page ID match with an entry within a page migration tracking module associated with the memory affinity domain. If there is no page ID match, an entry is selected within the page migration tracking module to be updated with a new page ID and a new memory affinity ID. If there is a page ID match, then another determination is made whether or not there is a memory affinity ID match with the entry with the page ID field match. If there is no memory affinity ID match, the entry is updated with a new memory affinity ID; and if there is a memory affinity ID match, an access counter of the entry is incremented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120198187A1 Technique for preserving memory affinity in a non-uniform memory access data processing system Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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