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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Tsai-yang Jea, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Zhi Zhang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Inventors:
Tsai-Yang Jea, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Zhi Zhang, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0815 (2013.01); G06F 12/0895 (2013.01); G06F 17/30132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system or computer usable program product for managing a cache region including receiving a new region to be stored within the cache, the cache including multiple regions defined by one or more ranges having a starting index and an ending index, and storing the new region in the cache in accordance with a cache invariant, the cache invariant ensuring that regions in the cache are not overlapping and that the regions are stored in a specified order.