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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen C. Peters, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joseph Sokol, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0223 (2013.01); G06F 9/5016 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a memory allocator of a memory manager can service memory allocation requests within a specific size-range from a section of pre-reserved virtual memory. The pre-reserved virtual memory allows allocation requests within a specific size range to be allocated in the pre-reserved region, such that the virtual memory address of a memory allocation serviced from the pre-reserved region can indicate elements of metadata associated with the allocations that would otherwise contribute to overhead for the allocation.