Techniques for managing context information for a storage device while maintaining responsiveness

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to restore context information when an inadvertent shutdown of the computing device occurs, by carrying out steps that include:

• identifying the context information within a non-volatile memory of the computing device, wherein the context information is separated into a plurality of portions, and each portion of the plurality of portions is separated into a plurality of sub-portions;
• accessing a log stored within the non-volatile memory;
• and
• for each portion of the plurality of portions:
• loading the plurality of sub-portions of the portion into a volatile memory of the computing device, and
• in response to identifying, within the log, that at least one transaction (i) applies to the portion, and (ii) occurred after a last write of the portion into the non-volatile memory:
• updating the portion to reflect the at least one transaction.

A mobile device configured to manage context information for data stored within a non-volatile memory of the mobile device, the mobile device comprising:

• the non-volatile memory;
• at least one processor;
• and
• a volatile memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to:
• load, into the volatile memory, the context information from the non-volatile memory, wherein the context information is separated into a plurality of portions, and each portion of the plurality of portions is separated into a plurality of sub-portions;
• write transactions into a log stored within the non-volatile memory;
• and
• each time a condition is satisfied:
• identify a next sub-portion to be processed, wherein the next sub-portion is included in the plurality of sub-portions of a current portion being processed,
• identify a portion of the context information that corresponds to the next sub-portion, wherein the portion is encoded in a first format,
• convert the portion from the first format to a second format, and
• write the portion into the non-volatile memory.