Micron Technology, Inc.
Client-assisted phase-based media scrubbing

Abstract:

A technique of receiving a write transaction directed to a group of memory parcels of a memory device from a client source. The technique determines a state of a first indicator used to indicate which one of two data structures contains a newer mapping of the group of memory parcels, while the other data structure contains an older mapping of the group of memory parcels. The technique determines a state of a second indicator used to indicate which one of the two data structures is in current use for the group of memory parcels and compares the states of the two indicators. When a data structure in current use does not contain the newer mapping, the technique changes the state of the second indicator to the state of the first indicator. The technique writes content of the write transaction to storage locations based on the newer mapping.