Method, apparatus and computer program product for managing address in storage system

An apparatus for managing addresses in a storage system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a volatile memory;
• and
• a memory coupled to the at least one processor and having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, causing the apparatus to perform acts comprising:
• determining an address page of an address pointing to target data in the storage system in response to receiving an access request for accessing data in the storage system;
• generating, on the basis of the address page, a transaction for managing the address page, the transaction at least comprising an indicator of the address page and a state of the transaction;
• setting a counter describing how many times the address page is referenced;
• and
• executing the transaction at a control node of the storage system on the basis of the counter.

A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to manage addresses in a storage system;

• the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of:
• determining an address page of an address pointing to target data in the storage system in response to receiving an access request for accessing data in the storage system;
• generating, on the basis of the address page, a transaction for managing the address page, the transaction at least comprising an indicator of the address page and a state of the transaction;
• setting a counter describing how many times the address page is referenced;
• and
• executing the transaction at a control node of the storage system on the basis of the counter.