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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Victor Kamensky, Fremont, CA (US);
Ilya Umansky, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Kamensky, Fremont, CA (US);
Ilya Umansky, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying first and second memory segments associated with a process in virtual memory, allocating memory for the first memory segment from a first contiguous physical memory space, allocating memory for the second memory segment from a second contiguous physical memory space, and mapping the first and second memory segments to the first and second contiguous physical memory spaces in a translation lookaside buffer. Apparatus and logic for memory allocation to minimize translation lookaside buffer faults are also disclosed.