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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:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Robert B. Basham, Aloha, OR (US);
Andrew G. Hourselt, Tucson, AZ (US);
Muthu A. Muthiah, Bandalore, IN;
Vipul Srivistava, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert B. Basham, Aloha, OR (US);
Andrew G. Hourselt, Tucson, AZ (US);
Muthu A. Muthiah, Bandalore, IN;
Vipul Srivistava, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for maintaining cache coherency of object management data in a computer system. The computer system is configured with a bit mask to represent changes in object management data. All changes in an object are reflected by setting an associated bit in the bit mask. A cache update of object management data is limited to the bit(s) set in the bit mask.