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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Vishal C. Aslot, Austin, TX (US);
Ninad S. Palsule, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 12/10 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/152 (2013.01); G06F 2212/657 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processor-implemented method for copying a source file to a destination file using a virtual memory manager (VMM) of a computer operating system is provided. The method includes receiving, by the VMM, a request to copy the source file to a destination file. The method further provides that based on the status of the virtual page, performing at least one of moving the virtual page to the destination file, copying the virtual page to the destination file, reading the virtual page into memory, and ignoring the virtual page.