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Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Sumanta Kumar Bahali, Cary, NC (US);

John K. Langgood, Cary, NC (US);

Kevin Michael Reinberg, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Kevin S. Vernon, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2212/69 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing system includes a processor that has a processor cache built-in, and a non-volatile memory, such as a non-volatile dual-inline memory module (NVDIMM), which is being used as system memory within the computing system. The processor processes a transaction. If the computing system is connected to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) (and the UPS is connected to a mains power source that is currently providing power), the transaction is committed without first flushing the processor cache to the non-volatile memory. If the computing system is not connected to a UPS (and is connected to a mains power source that is currently providing power), the transaction is not committed until the processor cache has been flushed to the non-volatile memory.


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