Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clearing specified blocks of main storage
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Application No.: US15014063Application Date: 2016-02-03
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Publication No.: US09727335B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Anthony F. Coneski , Beth A. Glendening , Dan F. Greiner , Peter G. Sutton , Scott B. Tuttle , Elpida Tzortzatos
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Incorporated
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Walter L. Rudberg; Alexa L. Ashworth
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F9/50 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F13/00
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for clearing specified blocks of main storage. In one embodiment, an EADM start subchannel is executed. The instructions of the execution of the EADM start subchannel may include a SAP receiving an ADM request block, which specifies a main-storage-clearing operation command. The address and size of a block of main memory to be cleared by the SAP is specified in an MSB designated by the ADM request block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216902A1 CLEARING SPECIFIED BLOCKS OF MAIN STORAGE Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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