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US 2006/0242369 A1Published application
Memory mapped page priorities
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGregory Thelen
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Abstract
A method of communicating memory mapped page priorities includes a software application storing page priority information for a memory mapped file on a computer readable medium, and an operating system reading the page priority information.
Claims21
A method of communicating memory mapped page priorities, the method comprising:
- a software application storing page priority information for a memory mapped file on a computer readable medium;
- and
- an operating system reading said page priority information.
An apparatus for communicating memory mapped page priorities, comprising:
- a. at least one computer readable medium;
- and
- b. computer readable program code stored on said at least one computer readable medium, said computer readable program code comprising:
- i. operating system program code for reading page priorities for at least one memory mapped file from at least one data structure;
- and
- ii. operating system program code for moving pages of said memory mapped file into and out of a page file based at least in part on said page priorities.
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An apparatus for communicating memory mapped page priorities, comprising:
- means for storing priority information about at least one memory mapped file in a software application to a computer readable medium;
- and
- means for moving pages of said at least one memory mapped file into and out of a page file based at least in part on said priority information on said computer readable medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.