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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Frederic Durairaj Maria Joseph, Tamilnadu, IN;
Keerthi B. Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Vishal R. Mansur, Karnataka, IN;
Chetan L. Gaonkar, Uttar Kannada, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique for managing pinned memory in a data processing system includes determining whether a first loadable module is completely utilizing pinned memory assigned to the first loadable module. In response to determining the first loadable module is not completely utilizing the pinned memory assigned to the first loadable module, the pinned memory that is not being utilized by the first loadable module is converted to kernel lock memory. In response to a second loadable module requesting pinned memory and non-kernel lock memory not being available to meet the request, one or more pages of the kernel lock memory are assigned to the second loadable module. In response to the second loadable module requesting the pinned memory and the non-kernel lock memory being available to meet the request, one or more pages of the non-kernel lock memory are assigned to the second loadable module.