Off-line affinity-aware parallel zeroing of memory in non-uniform memory access (NUMA) servers

A method for zeroing memory in computing systems where access to memory is non-uniform includes receiving, via a system call, a request to delete a memory region, forwarding the request to an intermediate software thread, and using the intermediate software thread to perform the request as a backgro...

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Hauptverfasser: Mealey, Bruce, Hegde, Nikhil, Rogers, Mark
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Zusammenfassung:A method for zeroing memory in computing systems where access to memory is non-uniform includes receiving, via a system call, a request to delete a memory region, forwarding the request to an intermediate software thread, and using the intermediate software thread to perform the request as a background process. The method further includes, upon receiving a message from the intermediate software thread, returning to a system caller, while performing the request, via the intermediate software thread, continues in the background.