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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Methods and apparatus to share a thread to reclaim memory space in a non-volatile memory file system
Ajith K. Illendula, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip F. Low, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Ajith K. Illendula, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Philip F. Low, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A disclosed example method involves associating a shared reclaim thread with an on-board flash memory device to reclaim first memory space in the on-board flash memory device. The shared reclaim thread is associated with a removable flash memory device to reclaim second memory space in the removable flash memory device while the shared reclaim thread is also in association with the on-board flash memory device. Different priorities are assigned to the on-board flash memory device and the removable flash memory device to selectively reclaim the first and second memory spaces based on the different priorities.