Patent classifications
G06F2212/651
DYNAMIC CACHE MEMORY MANAGEMENT WITH TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER PROTECTION
A computer-implemented method for protecting a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) from TLB pollution includes receiving, via a processor, a virtual address for a data portion, determining, via the processor, whether the virtual address has a classification of memory cache transiency, creating, via the processor, a TLB entry in a first TLB, wherein the TLB entry omits a most recently used (MRU) classification, and installing the TLB entry in a next available LRU position.
MULTIFUNCTION COMMUNICATION INTERFACE SUPPORTING MEMORY SHARING AMONG DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
In a data processing environment, a communication interface of a second host data processing system receives, from a first host data processing system, a host command in a first command set. The host command specifies a memory access to a memory coupled to the second host data processing system. The communication interface translates the host command into a command in a different second command set emulating coupling of an attached functional unit to the communication interface. The communication interface presents the second command to a host bus protocol interface of the second host data processing system. Based on receipt of the second command, the host bus protocol interface initiates, on a system fabric of the second host data processing system, a host bus protocol memory access request specifying the memory access.
ZONING OF LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DATA ADDRESS TRANSLATION TABLES WITH PARALLELIZED LOG LIST REPLAY
An example device includes a memory device and one or more processors. The memory device is configured to store a table that includes two or more mappings, each mapping being associated with a respective logical address and a respective physical address. The processors are configured to identify, within the table, a first zone and a second zone. Each zone includes one or more mappings of the table. The zones do not share any mapping of the table. The processors are further configured to form a first log list indicating one or more mapping updates associated with the mapping(s) included in the first zone, to form a second log list indicating one or more mapping updates associated with the mapping(s) included in the second zone, and to replay a portion of the first log list and a portion of the second log list concurrently to update the table.
Mapping entry invalidation
A memory access system may include a first memory address translator, a second memory address translator and a mapping entry invalidator. The first memory address translator translates a first virtual address in a first protocol of a memory access request to a second virtual address in a second protocol and tracks memory access request completions. The second memory address translator is to translate the second virtual address to a physical address of a memory. The mapping entry invalidator requests invalidation of a first mapping entry of the first mapping address translator requests invalidation of a second mapping entry of the second memory address translator corresponding to the first mapping entry following invalidation of the first mapping entry and based upon the tracked memory access request completions.
Low-latency shared memory channel across address spaces without system call overhead in a computing system
Examples provide a method of communication between a client application and a filesystem server in a virtualized computing system. The client application executes in a virtual machine (VM) and the filesystem server executes in a hypervisor. The method includes: allocating, by the client application, first shared memory in a guest virtual address space of the client application; creating a guest application shared memory channel between the client application and the filesystem server upon request by the client application to a driver in the VM, the driver in communication with the filesystem server, the guest application shared memory channel using the first shared memory; sending authentication information associated with the client application to the filesystem server to create cached authentication information at the filesystem server; and submitting a command in the guest application shared memory channel from the client application to the filesystem server, the command including the authentication information.
File Access Method and Apparatus, and Storage Device
A file access method and apparatus, and a storage device are presented, where the file access method is applied to a storage device in which a file system is established based on a memory. The storage device obtains, according to a file identifier of a to-be-accessed first target file, an index node of the first target file in metadata, where the index node of the first target file stores information about first virtual space of the first target file in global virtual space. The storage device maps the first virtual space onto second virtual space of a process, and performs addressing on an added file management register to access the first target file according to a start address of the first virtual space and a base address of a page directory of the global file page table stored in the file management register.
PAGE TABLE MANAGER
The creation, maintenance, and accessing of page tables is done by a virtual machine monitor running on a computing system rather than the guest operating systems. This allows page table walks to be completed in fewer memory accesses when compared to the guest operating system's maintenance of the page tables. In addition, the virtual machine monitor may utilize additional resources to offload page table access and maintenance functions from the CPU to another device, such as a page table management device or page table management node. Offloading some or all page table access and maintenance functions to a specialized device or node enables the CPU to perform other tasks during page table walks and/or other page table maintenance functions.
Storage device and storage virtualization system
The storage device and storage virtualization system include a non-volatile memory device, and a memory controller configured to generate at least one virtual device corresponding to a physical storage area of the non-volatile memory device, and convert a virtual address for the virtual device into a physical address in response to an access request.
Virtualized cache implementation method and physical machine
A virtualized cache implementation solution, where a memory of a virtual machine stores cache metadata. The cache metadata includes a one-to-one mapping relationship between virtual addresses and first physical addresses. After an operation request that is delivered by the virtual machine and that includes a first virtual address is obtained, when the cache metadata includes a target first physical address corresponding to the first virtual address, a target second physical address corresponding to the target first physical address is searched for based on preconfigured correspondences between the first physical addresses and second physical addresses, and data is read or written from or to a location indicated by the target second physical address.
Technology For Moving Data Between Virtual Machines Without Copies
A processor comprises a core, a cache, and a ZCM manager in communication with the core and the cache. In response to an access request from a first software component, wherein the access request involves a memory address within a cache line, the ZCM manager is to (a) compare an OTAG associated with the memory address against a first ITAG for the first software component, (b) if the OTAG matches the first ITAG, complete the access request, and (c) if the OTAG does not match the first ITAG, abort the access request. Also, in response to a send request from the first software component, the ZCM manager is to change the OTAG associated with the memory address to match a second ITAG for a second software component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.