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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Keerthi B. Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Shailaja Mallya, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Keerthi B. Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Shailaja Mallya, Bangalore, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0292 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for allocating logical memory corresponding to a logical partition in a computing system; generating a S/W PFT data structure corresponding to a first page of the logical memory, wherein the S/W PFT data structure comprises a field indicating that the corresponding first page of logical memory is a klock page; transmitting a request for a page of physical memory and the corresponding S/W PFT data structure to a hypervisor; allocating physical memory corresponding to the request; and, in response to a pageout request, paging out available logical memory corresponding to the logical partition that does not indicate that the corresponding page is a klock page prior to paging out the first page.


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