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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aki Bleyer, Givataim, IL;
Tal Heller, Aloney Abba, IL;
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage module includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. A method performed in the data storage module includes receiving an overprovision capacity instruction from a host device. The method further includes updating a file system table of the non-volatile memory to indicate, by designating logical addresses in the file system table as being in use, that the logical addresses are used without reducing an amount of free physical space in the non-volatile memory.