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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Shmuel Ben-yehuda, Haifa, IL;
Leah Shalev, Haifa, IL;
Orit Luba Wasserman, Haifa, IL;
Ben-ami Yassour, Haifa, IL;
Shmuel Ben-Yehuda, Haifa, IL;
Leah Shalev, Haifa, IL;
Orit Luba Wasserman, Haifa, IL;
Ben-Ami Yassour, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of address translation in a computing system providing direct memory access (DMA) by way of one or more remote memory management units (MMUs) is provided. The method comprises intercepting a request for a first DMA operation forwarded by a first device to a second device; and translating a guest address included in the request to a first address according to a mapping referencing a memory frame in a memory of the second device. A local MMU increments a first reference count indicating number of active DMA operations directed to the memory frame and a second reference count indicating number of remote MMUs that have mapped the memory frame.