Per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules

Jayasena, Nuwan S.; Kim, Hyojong; Kim, Hyesoon

Title: Per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules are disclosed. A computing system includes a plurality of processing units coupled to a plurality of memory modules. A determination is made as to which physical address space distribution granularity to implement for physical memory pages allocated for a first data structure. The determination can be made on a per-data-structure basis (e.g., file, page, block, etc.) or on a per-application-basis. A physical address space distribution granularity is encoded as a property of each physical memory page allocated for the first data structure, and physical memory pages of the first data structure distributed across the plurality of memory modules based on a selected physical address space distribution granularity. Page table entries (PTEs) may be annotated with the selected physical address space distribution granularity, using an addressing mapping granularity (AMG) field of a page table entry, where the granularity may be, for example, a fine-grain distribution granularity or a coarse-grain distribution granularity.

Inventors:: Jayasena, Nuwan S.; Kim, Hyojong; Kim, Hyesoon

Issue Date:: 2019-05-07

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568306

Patent Number(s):: 10282309

Application Number:: 15/441,532

Assignee:: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G06F12/0623 - {for memory modules}
G06F2212/657 - Virtual address space management
G06F2212/652 - Page size control
G06F12/1027 - using associative or pseudo-associative address translation means, e.g. translation look-aside buffer [TLB]
G06F2212/68 - Details of translation look-aside buffer [TLB]
G06F2212/1024 - Latency reduction
G06F15/7821 - {Tightly coupled to memory, e.g. computational memory, smart memory, processor in memory}
G06F2212/656 - Address space sharing
G06F2212/502 - using adaptive policy
G06F12/1009 - using page tables, e.g. page table structures
G06F12/0284 - {Multiple user address space allocation, e.g. using different base addresses
G06F12/109 - for multiple virtual address spaces, e.g. segmentation
G06F12/0607 - {Interleaved addressing}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; B608045

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 02/24/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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