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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Myung Jin Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang Yoon Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun Sik Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyun Jin Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 2212/702 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a data storage device performing garbage collection in response to locality information for pages of a data block. The method includes acquiring mapping table information for the plurality of pages, and determining validity of each one of the plurality of pages while scanning mapping tables indicated by mapping table information associated with the plurality of pages.