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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Edgar R. Cordero, Round Rock, TX (US);
David M. Daly, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert K. Montoye, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Saravanan Sethuraman, Bangalore, IN;
Diyanesh B. Chinnakkonda Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable the allocation of a cache portion of a memory buffer to be utilized by an on-cache function controller (OFC) to execute processing functions on 'main line' data. A particular method may include receiving, at a memory buffer, a request from a memory controller for allocation of a cache portion of the memory buffer. The method may also include acquiring, by an on-cache function controller (OFC) of the memory buffer, the requested cache portion of the memory buffer. The method may further include executing, by the OFC, a processing function on data stored at the cache portion of the memory buffer.