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Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Bar-Joshua, Haifa, IL;

Yiftach Benjamini, Givat Ela, IL;

Yaakov Gendel, Haifa, IL;

Eyal Gonen, Nofit, IL;

Alexander Mesh, Haifa, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0817 (2016.01); G06F 12/0842 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0828 (2013.01); G06F 12/0842 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01); G06F 2212/621 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for processing commands in a directory-based computer memory management system includes receiving a command to perform an operation on data stored in a set of one or more computer memory locations associated with an entry in a directory of a computer memory, the entry is associated with an indicator for indicating whether the set of one or more computer memory locations is busy, a head tag, and a tail tag. The command is associated with a command tag and a predecessor tag, and checking the indicator to determine whether the set of one or more computer memory locations is busy.


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