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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Charles D. Brant, Raleigh, NC (US);
Esther M. Burwell, Durham, NC (US);
Robert L. Orr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Troy M. Volin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Douglas A. Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles D. Brant, Raleigh, NC (US);
Esther M. Burwell, Durham, NC (US);
Robert L. Orr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Troy M. Volin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Douglas A. Wood, Raleigh, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The allocation of virtual memory within a virtual machine based upon the previous mapping of virtual memory blocks to physical memory blocks is optimized. Virtual memory blocks that have been mapped to a corresponding physical memory block over virtual memory blocks that are unmapped when fulfilling an allocation request can be reallocated preferentially.