Memory management method, apparatus, and system

• US 9,940,020 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2015
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Lixin, Hou, Rui, Zhang, Ke, Jiang, Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M
• Application Number:
  US14/942,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/02 Addressing or allocation; Relocation program address sequencing G06F9/00; arrangements for selecting an address in a digital store G11C8/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/08 in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0629 Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5016 the resource being the memory

Abstract

A memory management method implemented by a requesting node includes sending first indication information used for indicating a length of memory required by the requesting node and receiving second indication information used for indicating first remote memory provided to the requesting node by a target contributing node in at least one contributing node that can provide remote memory. The method also includes determining, from available virtual addresses, a first virtual address corresponding to the first remote memory, and sending a first data read/write instruction for the first data when first data whose pointer is within a range of the first virtual address needs to be read/written, where the first data read/write instruction includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used for indicating storage space, for storing the first data, in the first remote memory.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending, by a contributing node to a control center, a start physical address and a length of a remote memory provided by the contributing node;

receiving, by the contributing node, information for a first remote memory from the control center indicating that the contributing node has been selected by the control center to provide remote memory to a requesting node, wherein the selection is based on the start physical address of the remote memory, the length of the remote memory, and a length of memory required by the requesting node;

providing, by the contributing node, the first remote memory for use by the requesting node, wherein a length of the first remote memory is greater than or equal to the length of the memory required by the requesting node;

receiving, by the contributing node, a read or write instruction from the requesting node for reading or writing first data, respectively, wherein the instruction instructs the contributing node to access the first data and indicates a storage space for storing the first data in the first remote memory; and

accessing, by the contributing node, the first data according to the instruction and the indicated storage space.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein accessing the first data comprises:

determining, by the contributing node, that the storage space is within an address range of the first remote memory; and

based on the determination, accessing by the contributing node the first data in the storage space according to the instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein accessing, by the contributing node, the first data comprising:

acquiring, by the contributing node, node information for the requesting node;

determining, by the contributing node, that the node information corresponds to the requesting node; and

based on the determination, accessing, by the contributing node, the first data in the storage space according to the instruction.

4. A contributing node in a memory management system, the contributing node comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to;

send a start physical address and a length of a remote memory provided by the contributing node to a control center;

receive information for a first remote memory from the control center indicating that the contributing node has been selected by the control center to provide remote memory to a requesting node, wherein the selection is based on the start physical address of the remote memory, the length of the remote memory, and a length of memory required by the requesting node;

provide the first remote memory for use by the requesting node, wherein a length of the first remote memory is greater than or equal to the length of the memory required by the requesting node; and

receive a first data read or write instruction from the requesting node for reading or writing first data, respectively, wherein the instruction instructs the contributing node to access the first data and indicates storage space, for storing the first data, in the first remote memory; and

access the first data according to the instruction and the indicated storage space.

5. The contributing node according to claim 4, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

determining that the storage space is within an address range of the first remote memory; and

based on the determination, accessing the first data in the storage space according to the instruction.

6. The contributing node according to claim 4, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

acquire node information for the requesting node;

determine that the node information corresponds to the requesting node; and

based on the determination, access the first data in the storage space according to the instruction.

7. A system, comprising:

a requesting node;

a contributing node; and

a control center;

wherein the requesting node is configured to send a length of memory required by the requesting node to the control center;

the contributing node is configured to send a start physical address and a length of a remote memory provided by the contributing node to the control center;

the control center is configured to select the contributing node to provide a first remote memory to the requesting node according to the start physical address of the remote memory, the length of the remote memory, and a length of memory required by the requesting node, and send information for the first remote memory to the control center and the requesting node;

the requesting node is further configured to send a read or write instruction for reading or writing first data, respectively, wherein the instruction instructs the contributing node to access the first data and indicates a storage space for storing the first data in the first remote memory;

the contributing node is further configured to provide the first remote memory for use by the requesting node based on the information for the first remote memory received from the control center, wherein a length of the first remote memory is greater than or equal to the length of the memory required by the requesting node, and access the first data according to the read or write instruction and the storage space indicated in the read or write instruction.

8. A memory management method implemented by a control center, comprising:

receiving, from at least one contributing node, a start physical address and a length of remote memory provided by each of the at least one contributed node;

receiving, from a requesting node, a length of memory required by the requesting node;

selecting a target contributing node from the at least one contributing nodes and determine a first remote memory provided by the target contributing node based on the length of memory required by the requesting node, and the start physical address and the length of the remote memory of the target contributing node, wherein the length of the first remote memory is greater than or equal to the length of the memory required by the requesting node; and

sending, to the requesting node and the target contributing node, information for the first remote memory to allow the requesting node to access the first remote memory provided by the target contributing node.

9. A control center in a memory management system, the control center comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to;

receive, from at least one contributing node, a start physical address and a length of remote memory provided by each of the at least one contributed node;

receive, from a requesting node, a length of memory required by the requesting node;

select a target contributing node from the at least one contributing nodes and determine a first remote memory provided by the target contributing node based on the length of memory required by the requesting node, and the start physical address and the length of the remote memory of the target contributing node, wherein the length of the first remote memory is greater than or equal to the length of the memory required by the requesting node; and

send, to the requesting node and the target contributing node, information for the first remote memory to allow the requesting node to access the first remote memory provided by the target contributing node.