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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Wicki, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jurgen Schulz, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Paul Loewenstein, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 12/0817 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0833 (2013.01); G06F 12/0828 (2013.01); G06F 2212/621 (2013.01);
Abstract

A directory structure that may allow concurrent processing of write-back and clean victimization requests is disclosed. The directory structure may include a memory configured to store a plurality of entries, where each entry may include information indicative of a status of a respective entry in a cache memory. Update requests for the entries in the memory may be received and stored. A subset of previously stored update requests may be selected. Each update request of the subset of the previously stored update requests may then be processed concurrently.


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