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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Horia Simionescu, Foster City, CA (US);

Timothy Hoglund, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Sridhar Rao Veerla, Bangalore, IN;

Panthini Pandit, Bangalore, IN;

Gowrisankar Radhakrishnan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0871 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 2212/604 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for efficient cache buffering are provided. The disclosed method includes receiving a host command from a host, extracting command information from the host command, determining an Input/Output (I/O) action to be taken in connection with the host command, determining that the I/O action spans more than one strip, and based on the I/O action spanning more than one strip, allocating a cache frame anchor for a row on-demand along with a cache frame anchor for a strip to accommodate the I/O action.


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