Idle time software garbage collection

A computing device schedules software garbage collection for software applications during processor idle periods. A future idle period of time during which a processor will be in an idle state during execution of one or more software applications is determined and an allocation of memory is measured...

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Main Authors Jochen Mathias Eisinger, Ross Cameron Mcilroy, Hannes Payer, Manfred Ernst
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.02.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A computing device schedules software garbage collection for software applications during processor idle periods. A future idle period of time during which a processor will be in an idle state during execution of one or more software applications is determined and an allocation of memory is measured for the future idle period of time. One of a plurality of predetermined software garbage collection events is based on the determined future idle period of time and the estimated allocation of memory, and scheduled to be performed during the future idle period of time. The selected software garbage collection event is then performed during the future idle period of time.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20170015232