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- 专利标题: Method of and apparatus for store-in second level cache flush
- 专利标题(中): 存储二级缓存刷新的方法和设备
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申请号: US779472申请日: 1997-01-07
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公开(公告)号: US6122711A公开(公告)日: 2000-09-19
- 发明人: Donald W. Mackenthun , Mitchell A. Bauman , Donald C. Englin
- 申请人: Donald W. Mackenthun , Mitchell A. Bauman , Donald C. Englin
- 申请人地址: PA Blue Bell
- 专利权人: Unisys Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Unisys Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: PA Blue Bell
- 主分类号: G06F12/08
- IPC分类号: G06F12/08 ; G06F12/12
摘要:
Flush apparatus for a dual multi-processing system. Each dual multi-processing system has a number of processors, with each processor having a store in first-level write through cache to a second-level cache. A third-level memory is shared by the dual system with the first-level and second-level caches being globally addressable to all of the third-level memory. Processors can write through to the local second-level cache and have access to the remote second-level cache via the local storage controller. A coherency scheme for the dual system provides each second-level cache with indicators for each cache line showing which ones are valid and which ones have been modified or are different than what is reflected in the corresponding third level memory. The flush apparatus uses these two indicators to transfer all cache lines that are within the remote memory address range and have been modified, back to the remote memory prior to dynamically removing the local cache resources due to either system maintenance or dynamic partitioning. The flush apparatus prevents the loss of system data during such a process due to the inherent nature of a store in second level cache.
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