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Lazy deregistration protocol for a split socket stack

  • US 20040010674A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2002
  • Published: 01/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a data processing system for managing memory, the method comprising:

  • responsive to a data transfer request from a requester, registering a section of memory for use in a data transfer to form a section of registered memory, wherein the section of memory is pinned ensuring that every page in the memory region is resident in memory; and

    responsive to the data transfer completing, deregistering the section of memory after a selected period of time, wherein another data transfer request occurring before the selected period of time is handled using the section of memory without requiring a second registration of the memory region.

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