US 12,093,537 B2
Data storage device and method for swap defragmentation
Daniel J. Linnen, Limestone, TN (US); Ramanathan Muthiah, Bangalore (IN); and Judah Gamliel Hahn, Ofra (IL)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,355.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/428,488, filed on Nov. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176501 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0619 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. In a data storage device comprising a memory storing a data fragment of a first file and a data fragment of a second file, wherein a first logical address is associated with the data fragment of the first file and a second logical address is associated with the data fragment of the second file, a method comprising:
receiving a request to reduce logical fragmentation of the first and second files; and
executing the request by swapping the first and second logical addresses.