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Patent No.:

US 9740608 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2015

Garbage collection and other management of memory heaps

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Thomas J. Heller, Jr., Rhinebeck, NY (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Margaret A. McNamara, Esq.

Blanche E. Schiller, Esq.

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Pierre-Michel Bataille

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 9/45504 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1041 (2013.01); G06F 2212/152 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory heap management facility is provided that is able to perform various management tasks, including, but not limited to, garbage collection, compaction, and/or re-ordering of objects within a heap. One or more of these management tasks improve system performance by limiting movement of pages in and out of virtual memory. The garbage collection technique selectively performs garbage collection such that certain objects, such as old but live, infrequently referenced objects, are not garbage collected each time garbage collection is performed.

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Heller, Jr., Thomas. (2017). Garbage collection and other management of memory heaps (U.S. Patent No. 9740608). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9740608

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