发明名称 Deallocation of memory in a logically-partitioned computer
摘要 A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, set uncorrectable error indicators in logical memory blocks in response to detecting an uncorrectable error in memory pages associated with the logical memory blocks. If the logical memory block is allocated to a hypervisor, the memory page may be deallocated in response to detection of the uncorrectable error. When an IPL of a partition is subsequently performed, a determination is made whether a logical memory block allocated to the partition previously encountered the uncorrectable error via the uncorrectable error indicator. If the logical memory block did previously encounter the uncorrectable error, the logical memory block is deallocated from the partition. In an embodiment, if spare memory exists, the logical memory block with the previously encountered uncorrectable error is replaced with the spare memory and the IPL of the partition is continued with the spare memory. If spare memory does not exist, the IPL of the partition is continued without the logical memory block that previously encountered the uncorrectable error. This allows a partition to IPL if it had not been able to because of a persistent uncorrectable error in its IPL path.
申请公布号 US2007061612(A1) 申请公布日期 2007.03.15
申请号 US20050225653 申请日期 2005.09.13
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 HENDERSON DANIEL J.;KITAMORN ALONGKORN;LEMMON WAYNE;NAYAR NARESH;OUREN WADE B.
分类号 G06F11/00 主分类号 G06F11/00
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