Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid techniques for memory virtualization in a computer system
- Patent Title (中): 计算机系统中内存虚拟化的混合技术
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Application No.: US11446644Application Date: 2006-06-05
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Publication No.: US07827381B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Olaf Manczak , Christopher A. Vick , Michael H. Paleczny , Jay R. Freeman , Phyllis E. Gustafson
- Applicant: Olaf Manczak , Christopher A. Vick , Michael H. Paleczny , Jay R. Freeman , Phyllis E. Gustafson
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F9/26 ; G06F9/34

Abstract:
A computer system may employ a first memory virtualization and corresponding virtual-to-physical address translation technique for a first application executing on a processor and a second memory virtualization and corresponding virtual-to-physical address translation technique for a second application executing on the same processor transparent to the first application. Different virtualization and corresponding translation techniques may be employed on a per-thread basis, rather than a per-application basis. Different virtualization and corresponding translation techniques may be employed for accesses to different ranges of virtual or corresponding physical addresses. Different virtualization and corresponding translation techniques may employ different page sizes. A first or second virtualization and corresponding translation technique may include page-based, segment-based, or function-based virtual-to-physical address translation. The selection of a first or second memory virtualization and corresponding address translation technique may be dependent on a predicted workload and/or on a user policy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070283124A1 Hybrid techniques for memory virtualization in a computer system Public/Granted day:2007-12-06
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