Patent ID: 7761676
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a computer-readable medium including instructions that enable the apparatus to organize a map including a plurality of elements each to store a value for a corresponding block of a memory, wherein the value is a random value to be arbitrarily generated and is to be used to determine access permission to the corresponding block of the memory, wherein access to a kth portion of the memory block is to be controlled by comparison of a value of the element of a location of the map that is k locations from the location of the map for the memory block, and wherein the instructions enable accessing a vector associated with at least one of the elements of the map, wherein the vector includes a plurality of portions each having a first value to identify that a corresponding portion of the corresponding block of the memory includes an object boundary, and having a second value to identify that the corresponding portion does not include an object boundary.