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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Viral S. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudhir R. Shetiya, Mumbai, IN;
Anoop Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Lars B. Plum, Milpitas, CA (US);
Viral S. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sudhir R. Shetiya, Mumbai, IN;
Anoop Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Lars B. Plum, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
There is provided a computer-executed method of freeing memory. One exemplary method comprises receiving a message from a user process. The message may specify a virtual address for a memory segment. The virtual address may be mapped to the memory segment. The memory segment may comprise a physical page. The method may further comprise identifying the physical page based on the virtual address. Additionally, the method may comprise freeing the physical page without unmapping the memory segment.