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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles J. Hunt, Libertyville, IL (US);
Kiran Paul, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 12/0269 (2013.01); G06F 17/30117 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for conditionally performing garbage collection. These mechanisms and methods for conditionally performing garbage collection include identifying a predetermined portion of memory within a system, comparing one or more aspects of the predetermined portion of memory to a threshold, and conditionally performing garbage collection on the predetermined portion of memory, based on the comparison.