International Business Machines Corporation

David Horn

Elpida Tzortzatos

Robert Miller, Jr

Scott B Tuttle

Charles E Mari

Alfred F Foster

Mariama Ndoye

Matthew J Mauriello

Peter Grimm Sutton

Michael Gary Spiegel

Chun Kwan K Yee

Embodiments of the disclosure include a method for optimizing large page processing. The method includes receiving an indication that a real memory includes a first page. The first page includes a plurality of smaller pages. The method also includes determining a page frame table entry associated with a first smaller page of the first page and storing data associated with the first page in the page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page. The page frame table entry associated with the first smaller page of the first page is a data repository for the plurality of smaller pages of the first page.

Optimizing large page processing

Allocation of pages of memory is managed in computing environments that include multiple sized memory pools. Responsive to a request for a page of memory, one or more memory pools are searched for an available frame of memory to service the request. The search uses a predefined order of search, which includes multiple types of memory pools in a specific order based on the requested size of the page of memory.

Managing allocation of memory pages

Large page memory pools are managed. Thresholds are used to determine if the number of pages in a large page memory pool is to be adjusted. If the number of pages is to be increased, a particular technique is provided for adding additional pages to the pool. Further, if there are too many pages in the pool, one or more pages may be removed.

Managing large page memory pools

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