Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resolving cache lookup of large pages with variable granularity
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Application No.: US14071321Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US09864698B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Ahmed Gheith , Eric Van Hensbergen , James Xenidis
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Garg Law Firm, PLLC
- Agent Rakesh Garg; Mercedes L. Hobson
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F12/1009 ; G06F12/1072

Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product for resolving cache lookup of large pages with variable granularity are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A number of unused bits in an available number of bits is identified. The available number of bits is configured to address a page of data in memory, wherein the page exceeding a threshold size, and the page comprising a set of parts. The unused bits are mapped to the plurality of parts such that a value of the unused bits corresponds to existence of a subset of the set of parts in a memory. A virtual address is translated to a physical address of a requested part in the set of parts. A determination is made, using the unused bits, whether the requested part exists in the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150127767A1 RESOLVING CACHE LOOKUP OF LARGE PAGES WITH VARIABLE GRANULARITY Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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