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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jerry D. Ackaret, Beaverton, OR (US);

Robert M. Dunn, Hyde Park, NY (US);

Susan E. Goodwin, Edmonds, WA (US);

Sumeet Kochar, Apex, NC (US);

Randolph S. Kolvick, Durham, NC (US);

James A. O'Connor, Ulster Park, NY (US);

Wilson E. Smith, Bahama, NC (US);

Jeffery J. Van Heuklon, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0653 (2013.01); G06F 11/073 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01);
Abstract

Effects of a physical memory fault are mitigated. In one example, to facilitate mitigation, memory is allocated to processing entities of a computing environment, such as applications, operating systems, or virtual machines, in a manner that minimizes impact to the computing environment in the event of a memory failure. Allocation includes using memory structure information, including, information regarding fault containment zones, to allocate memory to the processing entities. By allocating memory based on fault containment zones, a fault only affects a minimum number of processing entities.


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