US 12,346,263 B2
Write request with partial translation unit mapped to entries that are linked using a pointer
Amit Bhardwaj, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,300.
Application 17/887,300 is a continuation of application No. 16/943,387, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,467,976.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382681 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 12/1009 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 12/1009 (2013.01) [G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method comprising:
determining, by a processing device, that a write request references a partially aligned translation unit, wherein a size of the partially aligned translation unit is less than a translation unit size utilized by a translation map associating a plurality of translation units with a plurality of physical blocks;
identifying a first entry in the translation map, wherein the first entry identifies a first physical block mapped the partially aligned translation unit;
creating a second entry in the translation map, wherein the second entry identifies a second physical block mapped to the partially aligned translation unit, and wherein a pointer points from the first entry to the second entry;
writing a subset of data corresponding to the partially aligned translation unit to a first portion of the second physical block; and
designating a second portion of the second physical block as storing invalid data.