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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Moinul H. Khan, Austin, TX (US);
Swee-chin Pang, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Moinul H. Khan, Austin, TX (US);
Swee-chin Pang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A translation look-aside buffer (TLB) has lockable entries. A number of entries to lock may be determined by counting unique page access instances during an active period of a process, determining a value of a page usage metric for the process, and comparing the value of the page usage metric to values of page usage metrics for other processes. The page usage metric may consider many different factors, including the amount of time a process is active, a frequency of invocation of the process, and a priority level of a process.