US 12,481,460 B2
Thin provisioning L2P resource sharing
Shay Benisty, Beer Sheva (IL); and Ariel Navon, Revava (IL)
Assigned to SanDisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/582,483.
Prior Publication US 2025/0265016 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0659 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage device, comprising:
a memory device; and
a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive a write command;
determine that a relevant logical to physical (L2P) entry was allocated to other usage, wherein the other usage is selected from the group consisting of: part of a data path, a read look ahead (RLA) buffer, an exclusive or (XOR) buffer, and combinations thereof;
delay execution of the write command;
determine that the relevant L2P entry has been released; and
execute the write command.