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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Hyuk Joon Kwon, Redmond, WA (US);
Sandeep Repaka, Issaquah, WA (US);
Andrew M. Kluemke, Seattle, WA (US);
Jakob F. Lichtenberg, Redmond, WA (US);
Sebastian Lerner, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew John Woolman, Seattle, WA (US);
Swati Kanchan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described are examples for tracking memory usage of a driver. A memory allocation request related to the driver to allocate a portion of memory for the driver can be traced in a kernel mode of an operating system. One or more associated allocation parameters can be recorded, and an allocation history of the driver over a period of time can be reported during execution of the driver and based on the one or more allocation parameters indicated by the memory allocation request.