Memory sub-system event log management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12118229-B2
Application number	US-202217946885-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2022
Priority date	Aug 27, 2020
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

A system includes a memory device and a processing device coupled to the memory device. The memory processing device can perform operations including receiving data indicative of occurrence of a plurality of events. The processing device can perform operations including determining an event log type for each of the plurality of events. The processing device can perform operations including storing an identifier associated with each of the determined event log types. The processing device can perform operations including updating a counter value associated with each identifier in response to occurrence of an event associated with the respective identifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a memory device; and
a processing device coupled to the memory device to control:
receiving data indicative of occurrence of a plurality of events;
determining respective event log types for the received plurality of events;
associating respective identifiers including a corresponding counter for each of the determined event log types;
determining a best bit to event ratio to identify a bit-size of the corresponding counter to be used for each of the determined event log types, wherein the best bit to event ratio is based at least upon a number of times that the corresponding determined event log types occurred in previous operations;
changing a size of the respective identifier including the bit-size of the corresponding counter based at least upon the corresponding determined best bit to event ratio;
updating corresponding counter values to count a number of occurrence of associated event log type; and
storing the updated counter values and corresponding associated event log data including the respective identifiers and the determined event log types to the memory device; and
wherein the size of each of the identifiers is based on a parameter and the parameter is:
a quantity of the plurality of events; or
a size of a memory space for storing each of the identifiers and associated counters.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated respective identifiers include a unique identifier for each of the plurality of events.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the received data comprise a listing of each event occurring during a particular period of time.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is configured to determine if the event log type is an error event.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is configured to update a counter value associated with each identifier in response to performance of an event associated with the respective identifier.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processing device is configured to generate histogram data from the determined event log types and the updated counter values.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is configured to display the histogram data.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving data indicative of occurrence of a plurality of events;
determining respective event log types for the received plurality of events;
associating respective identifiers including a corresponding counter for each of the determined event log types;
determining a best bit to event ratio to identify a bit-size of the corresponding counter to be used for each of the determined event log types based at least upon a number of times that the corresponding determined event log types occurred in previous operations;
changing a size of the respective identifier including the bit-size of the corresponding counter based at least upon the corresponding determined best bit to event ratio;
updating corresponding counter values to count a number of occurrence of associated event log type; and
storing the updated counter values and corresponding associated event log data including the respective identifiers and the determined event log types to a memory device; and
wherein the size of each of the identifiers is based on a parameter and the parameter is:
a quantity of the plurality of events; or
a size of a memory space for storing each of the identifiers and associated counters.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the storing is triggered by a triggering event that includes a power down of a system.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: detecting an occurrence of a triggering event; and storing the updated counter values in response to the detected occurrence of the triggering event.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising generating histogram data using the determined event log types and the corresponding identifiers and counter values.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the event log data includes the identifier associated with each of the determined event log types.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the triggering event includes a detection of an end of a time period.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the time period includes particular intervals of time.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the bit-size of the counter is based at least upon the event to bit ratio of an estimated number of times that the determined event log types occur in a lifetime of the system and an amount of storage space for each counter.

16. A system, comprising:
a memory device; and
a processing device coupled to the memory device and configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving data indicative of a plurality of events;
determining respective event log types of the received plurality of events;
associating a respective identifier including a corresponding counter for each of event log types;
determining a best bit to event ratio to identify a size of the corresponding counter to be used for each of the event log types, wherein the best bit to event ratio is based at least upon a number of times that the corresponding event log types occurred in previous operations;
changing a size of the respective identifier including the size of the corresponding counter based at least upon the corresponding determined best bit to event ratio;
updating corresponding counter values to count a number of occurrence of associated event log type;
detecting an occurrence of a triggering event that includes a power down of the system;
in response to the detected occurrence of the triggering event, storing the updated counter values and corresponding associated event log data including the respective identifiers and the determined event log types to the memory device; and
generating histogram data comprising occurrences of each of the plurality of events and the event log types; and
wherein the size of each of the identifier is based on a parameter and the parameter is:
a quantity of the plurality of events; or
a size of a memory space for storing each of the identifiers and associated counters.

Assignees

• Micron Technology Inc

Inventors

• Hieb Adam J
• Guy Adam C
• Tiwari Sanjay
• Marquart Todd A

Classifications

• G06F11/0778

  Dumping, i.e. gathering error/state information after a fault for later diagnosis · CPC title

• G06F3/0673

  Single storage device · CPC title

• G06F3/0604

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F11/076

  by exceeding a count or rate limit, e.g. word- or bit count limit · CPC title

• G06F11/0727 Primary

  in a storage system, e.g. in a DASD or network based storage system (drivers for digital recording or reproducing units G06F3/06; circuits for error detection or correction within digital recording or reproducing units G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097) · CPC title