Memory management in a multi-threaded computing environment

A computer-implemented method, system or product, the method comprising receiving, by a memory management system, a first memory request from a first thread in a multi-threaded computing environment, the memory request including a target value associated with a size of memory requested by the first...

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Main Authors Kettler, Robert, Booss, Daniel
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.02.2021
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A computer-implemented method, system or product, the method comprising receiving, by a memory management system, a first memory request from a first thread in a multi-threaded computing environment, the memory request including a target value associated with a size of memory requested by the first thread; in response to receiving the first memory request, retrieving a header referencing a first node in a linked list data structure having a plurality of connected nodes, the header comprising a first pointer value, referring to a free first memory block, and a first size value associated with a size of the first memory block; reading, by way of an atomic operation, the first pointer value and the first size value from the linked list data structure.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916370604