AGGRESSIVE WRITE-BACK CACHE CLEANING POLICY OPTIMIZED FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

摘要

Methods and apparatus related to an aggressive write-back cache cleaning policy optimized for Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) are described. In one embodiment, dirty cache lines are sorted by their LBA (Logic Block Address) on backend storage and an attempt is made to first flush (or remove) the largest sequential portions (including one or more cache lines). Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.