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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry Wayne Loen, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method of allocating memory storage in a memory storage space commonly shared by multiple processors. The method allocates a minimum apparent memory storage space equal to one cache line and in response to storing an object, said object occupying a memory storage space equal to less than one cache line, the method determines the value of a variable. The method then allocates said memory storage space for said object based on the value of said variable and updates said variable.