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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Maoni Z. Stephens, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrick H. Dussud, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Sollich, Munich, DE;
Claudio Caldato, Redmond, WA (US);
Maoni Z. Stephens, Sammamish, WA (US);
Patrick H. Dussud, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Sollich, Munich, DE;
Claudio Caldato, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing optimized garbage collection. A garbage collector is provided for managing a garbage collection process. An optimized garbage collection feature is provided that allows the garbage collection process to be suggested. When the optimized garbage collection feature is invoked at a particular moment, the system determines if collection is appropriate at the particular moment. If collection is determined to be appropriate at the particular moment, then the system performs the garbage collection process. If collection is determined to not be appropriate at the particular moment, then the system delays garbage collection until an appropriate time. A low latency mode can be used to automatically ensure that the garbage collection process starts sooner than it would in a normal mode. The latency mode in use can be changed at different points in time during the garbage collection process.