US 12,380,018 B2
Method for host access to network device-managed memory pool
Hui Yuan, Beijing (CN); and Yinben Xia, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,046.
Application 18/447,046 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/120844, filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202110184060.3 (CN), filed on Feb. 10, 2021; and application No. 202110656360.7 (CN), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0385190 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 12/023 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 15/17331 (2013.01); G06F 2212/251 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication method, comprising:
satisfying, by a memory of a first host, a preset condition;
in response to the memory of the first host satisfying the preset condition, sending, by the first host, a request message to a network device, wherein the request message is configured to request memory in a first memory pool;
receiving, by the first host, a memory access address sent by the network device, wherein the memory access address points to a memory unit in the first memory pool, the network device is connected to the first host, the network device is configured to switch and forward a service of the first host, and the network device is further configured to manage the first memory pool;
accessing, by the first host, the memory unit based on the memory access address;
no longer needing, by the first host, to use the memory unit; and
in response to no longer needing, by the first host, to use the memory unit, sending, by the first host, a notification message to the network device, wherein the notification message comprises the memory access address to enable the network device to release the memory unit.