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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2010
Moriyoshi Ohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Moriyoshi Ohara, Kanagawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer program-product for controlling cache. The method includes the steps of assigning a value corresponding to a transaction to a memory object that is created while a computer application is processing the transaction; adding the assigned value as a transaction flag value to a flag area of a cache array in accordance with the storage of the memory object in the cache; registering the corresponding transaction flag value as a victim candidate at the completion of the transaction; and in response to eviction of a cache line, preferentially evicting a cache line having the transaction flag value registered as the victim candidate.