Virtual memory structure
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHarris M. Morgenstern, Greg A. Dyck, Danny R. Sutherland
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a virtual memory structure having a first virtual memory space and a virtual page frame table space. The first virtual memory space includes at least one private area and at least one common area. The virtual page frame table space is separate from the first virtual memory space. The virtual page frame table space includes at least one page frame table entry representing a frame of real memory.
Claims18
A virtual memory structure comprising:
- a first virtual memory space, said first virtual memory space including at least one private area and at least one common area;
- and,
- a virtual page frame table space separate from said first virtual memory space, said virtual page frame table space including at least one page frame table entry representing a frame of real memory.
A medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for generating a virtual memory structure, the medium including instructions for causing a processor to generate a virtual memory structure, the virtual memory structure comprising:
- a first virtual memory space, said first virtual memory space including at least one private area and at least one common area;
- and,
- a virtual page frame table space separate from said first virtual memory space, said virtual page frame table space including at least one page frame table entry representing a frame of real memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.