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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokne'am, IL;
Zvi Leib Shmilovici, Tel Aviv, IL;
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Yokne'am, IL;
Abstract
A method for operating a network device, having data storage with selectably modifiable capacity for storing instructional data for a packet processing operation, includes detecting a need for additional storage for the instructional data, allocating an additional memory block without interrupting operation of the network device, associating with the additional memory block an additional address hashing function, different from each of at least one respective previous address hashing function associated with any previously-allocated memory block. Each respective previous address hashing function transforms a look-up key into a respective addressable location in a previously-allocated memory block, and the additional address hashing function transforms the look-up key into an addressable location in the additional memory block. When a block is deallocated, each unit of instructional data is reprocessed through the hashing function of a different block to which the unit of the instructional data will be moved.