OFF-LINE AFFINITY-AWARE PARALLEL ZEROING OF MEMORY IN NON-UNIFORM MEMORY ACCESS (NUMA) SERVERS

Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to techniques for zeroing memory in computing systems where access to memory is non-uniform. One embodiment provides a method which includes receiving, via a system call, a request to delete a memory region. The method also includes forwarding the reques...

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Main Authors HEGDE Nakhil, ROGERS Mark D, MEALEY Bruce
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.12.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to techniques for zeroing memory in computing systems where access to memory is non-uniform. One embodiment provides a method which includes receiving, via a system call, a request to delete a memory region. The method also includes forwarding the request to an intermediate software thread, and using the intermediate software thread to perform the request as a background process. The method further includes, upon receiving a message from the intermediate software thread, returning to a system caller, while performing the request, via the intermediate software thread, continues in the background.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514883402