The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kashish Bhatia, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods and systems for input output (IO) request handling based on tracking information are described. One example may involve a computer system configuring, in a cache, a zero-filled logical memory page that is mappable to multiple logical block addresses of a virtual disk. In response to detecting a first IO request to perform zero writing at a logical block address, the computer system may store tracking information indicating that zero writing has been issued. In response to detecting a second IO request to perform a read at the logical block address, the computer system may determine that that zero writing has been issued for the logical block address based on the tracking information. The zero-filled logical memory page may be fetched from the cache to respond to the second IO request, thereby servicing the second IO request from the cache instead of the virtual disk.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…