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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Methods and apparatus to share a thread to reclaim memory space in a non-volatile memory file system
Applicants:
Ajith K. Illendula, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip F. Low, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Ajith K. Illendula, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip F. Low, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to share a thread to reclaim memory space in non-volatile memory file systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes associating a memory reclaim thread with first and second flash memory volumes to reclaim memory space in the first and second flash memory volumes and reclaiming the memory space in at least one of the first and second flash memory volumes via the memory reclaim thread.