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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Henry Hartner, Austin, TX (US);
David Medina, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Alan Peloquin, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Rudolph Schmitt, Austin, TX (US);
Allen Chester Wynn, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711170 ; 711171 ; 711203 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for allocating virtual memory upon demand to reduce the amount of virtual memory allocated. Privilege level transitions requested by a program of instructions invoke a fault handler routine which allocates memory for implementing the transition. Allocation of memory is thus delayed until such request for privilege level transition occurs.