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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Junghoon Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Seonghun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Youngsik Lee, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0772 (2013.01); G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 12/0292 (2013.01);
Abstract

First firmware metadata and second firmware metadata are based on nonvolatile metadata stored in the nonvolatile memory device. A normal operation including a first management operation resulting in a change of the first firmware metadata and an access operation in which the nonvolatile memory device is accessed may be performed. A virtual operation is performed including a second management operation resulting in a change of the second firmware metadata and in which the access operation is not performed. Whether an error has occurred in the first firmware metadata is determined by comparing the change of the first firmware metadata resulting from the first management operation and the change of the second firmware metadata resulting from the second management operation. An error in the metadata may be monitored through the redundant performance of the management operation that results in the change of the metadata without a corresponding access to the nonvolatile memory device.


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