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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Ethan Lewis, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for memory management in execution of a program by a computer having a memory includes setting an attribute of an unallocated unit of the memory in preparation for allocation of the memory in the unit, and allocating respective portions of the memory in the unit to data objects to be held in a heap created by the program. Responsive to the attribute that is set on the allocated portions of the memory, the data objects in the heap are traced, so as to mark the data objects that are reachable at a given stage in the program. The heap is then swept so as to free the memory that is allocated to data objects that are not marked as reachable, for reallocation to new data objects.