Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070118712
Filing Date: November 21, 2020
Inventors: Henri van Riel, Adriaan van de Ven
Assignee: RED HAT, INC.
Current U.S. Classification: 711, 711/170000
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The method as claimed in Claim 35, wherein said process having freed fixed size memory units marked available for reuse is associated with an executing parent process, wherein when said process terminates, said method further comprising:
comparing computer system performance for executing a step of releasing said freed fixed size memory units marked available for reuse by a terminating process to its parent process against a computer system performance for executing a step of releasing said freed fixed size memory units marked available for reuse into a global free pool of fixed size memory units when said process terminates; and,
choosing a method of releasing said freed fixed size memory units marked available for reuse according to said performance comparison.