Memory reclaiming method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10901890-B2
Application number	US-201816171304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2018
Priority date	Apr 27, 2016
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

Example memory reclaiming methods and apparatuses are provided to resolve a problem that application data is lost and a restart speed of an application becomes slower in a manner of reclaiming a memory by killing the application. One example memory reclaiming method includes determining an application program that occupies a to-be-reclaimed memory and selecting at least one virtual address space segment according to a running state of the application program. A virtual address space that is in the selected at least one virtual address space segment and that is occupied by the application program is reclaimed. The application program is not directly killed, but instead, only a memory occupied by application data that can be cleared in the running state is reclaimed according to the running state of the application program. Therefore, less application data is lost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A memory reclaiming method, wherein the method comprises:
determining an application program that occupies a to-be-reclaimed memory from a plurality of application programs running on a terminal, according to a running state of each application program on the terminal, wherein the running state of each application program on the terminal describes a current execution state of each application program on the terminal;
selecting, according to the running state of the application program, at least one virtual address space segment from multiple virtual address space segments occupied by the application program; and
reclaiming virtual address space that is in the selected at least one virtual address space segment and that is occupied by the application program, wherein reclaiming the virtual address space includes:
releasing the virtual address space occupied by the application program;
cancelling a mapping relationship between the virtual address space occupied by the application program and corresponding physical address space; and
clearing application data stored in the physical address space.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
selecting one virtual address space segment from preset multiple virtual address space segments according to a first data type of application data to which a memory is to be allocated; and
allocating virtual address space that is in the selected virtual address space segment to the application data, wherein the first data type of the application data is corresponding to a preset access frequency range.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a type of the application data to which the memory is to be allocated further comprises a second data type, and wherein an access frequency range of the second data type is different from the access frequency range of the first data type.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first data type of the application data is determined according to the following steps:
determining, according to monitored frequency on which the application data is accessed in the memory and preset multiple access frequency ranges, the access frequency range corresponding to the application data; and
determining the first data type of the application data according to the access frequency range corresponding to the application data.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting, according to a running state of the application program, at least one virtual address space segment from multiple virtual address space segments occupied by the application program comprises:
selecting the at least one virtual address space segment according to reclaiming priorities separately corresponding to virtual address space segments that can be reclaimed in the running state.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the running state of each application program on the terminal is one of a plurality of running states comprising a foreground state, a visible state, a perceptible state, a background state, a cache state, and an idle process state.

7. A memory reclaiming apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor, the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:
determine an application program that occupies a to-be-reclaimed memory from a plurality of application programs running on a terminal, according to a running state of each application program on the terminal, wherein the running state of each application program on the terminal describes a current execution state of each application program on the terminal;
select, according to the running state of the determined application program, at least one virtual address space segment from multiple virtual address space segments occupied by the application program; and
reclaim virtual address space that is in the at least one virtual address space segment selected and that is occupied by the application program, wherein reclaiming the virtual address space includes:
releasing the virtual address space occupied by the application program;
cancelling a mapping relationship between the virtual address space occupied by the application program and corresponding physical address space; and
clearing application data stored in the physical address space.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:
select one virtual address space segment from preset multiple virtual address space segments according to a first data type of application data to which a memory is to be allocated; and
allocate virtual address space that is in the selected virtual address space segment to the application data, wherein the first data type of the application data is corresponding to a preset access frequency range.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein a type of the application data to which the memory is to be allocated further comprises a second data type, and wherein an access frequency range of the second data type is different from the access frequency range of the first data type.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to determine the first data type of the application data according to the following steps:
determining, according to monitored frequency on which the application data is accessed in the memory and preset multiple access frequency ranges, the access frequency range corresponding to the application data; and
determining the first data type of the application data according to the access frequency range corresponding to the application data.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one processor to:
select the at least one virtual address space segment according to reclaiming priorities separately corresponding to virtual address space segments that can be reclaimed in the running state.

12. A terminal, comprising at least one processor, a computer-readable storage, and a communications bus, wherein the communications bus is configured to implement connection and communication between the at least one processor and the computer-readable storage, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the following instructions stored in the computer-readable storage:
determining an application program that occupies a to-be-reclaimed memory from a plurality of application programs running on the terminal, according to a running state of each application program on the terminal, wherein the running state of each application program on the terminal describes a current execution state of each application program on the terminal;
selecting, according to the running state of the application program, at least one virtual address space segment from multiple virtual address space segments occupied by the application program; and
reclaiming virtual address space that is in the selected at least one virtual address space segment and that is occupied by the application program, wherein reclaiming the virtual address space includes:
releasing the virtual address space occupied by the application program;
cancelling a mapping relationship between the virtual address space occupied by the application program and corresponding physical address space; and
clearing application data stored in the physical address space.

13. The terminal according to claim 12 , the at

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Junmin

Classifications

• G06F12/08 Primary

  in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems · CPC title

• G06F12/122

  of the least frequently used [LFU] type, e.g. with individual count value · CPC title

• G06F2212/171

  Portable consumer electronics, e.g. mobile phone · CPC title

• G06F9/5022

  Mechanisms to release resources · CPC title

• G06F2209/508

  Monitor · CPC title