Grouping requests to reduce inter-process communication in memory systems

A method, comprising:

• providing a plurality of inter-process communication channels in a memory system having a set of media;
• and
• running a plurality of processes in a controller in the memory system, wherein the processes communicate with each other using inter-process communication messages transmitted via the plurality of inter-process communication channels, in response to requests from a host system to store data in the media or retrieve data from the media;
• examining, by the memory system, the requests from the host system;
• identifying, by the memory system from the requests, a plurality of combinable requests among the requests from the host system;
• generating a combined request;
• and
• providing the combined request to the plurality of processes as a substitute of the plurality of combinable requests.

A non-transitory computer storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a memory system having a plurality of inter-process communication channels, a set of media and a controller, cause the memory system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• running a plurality of processes in the controller in the memory system, wherein the processes communicate with each other using inter-process communication messages transmitted via the plurality of inter-process communication channels, in response to requests from a host system to store data in the media or retrieve data from the media;
• examining, by the memory system, the requests from the host system;
• identifying, by the memory system from the requests, a plurality of combinable requests among the requests from the host system;
• generating a combined request;
• and
• providing the combined request to the plurality of processes as a substitute of the plurality of combinable requests.