Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070118712
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#13AIX Version 4.3 Base Operating System and Extensions Technical Reference, Volume 1
Applies to Claims 1
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | AIX base technical reference for the disclaim subroutine which allows one to mark memory for reuse without freeing the memory. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://inetsd01.boulder.ibm.com... |
| Author/Creator | IBM |
| Title | disclaim subrutine |
| Publication Date | October 1, 1997 |
| Publisher | IBM |
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| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | |
Excerpt
Excerpt Flag Must be the value ZERO_MEM, which indicates that each memory location in the address range should be set to 0 |
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The disclaim subroutine marks an area of memory that is no longer needed which stops the system from paging that memory area. The memory can be reused at that point. One of the parameters to disclaim indicates that the memory must be zeroed out.
The disclaim subroutine marks an area of memory that is no longer needed which stops the system from paging that memory area. The memory can be reused at that point. One of the parameters to disclaim indicates that the memory must be zeroed out.
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