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US8533406B2 removing a mapping between the logical identifier and the physical address of the data of the specified logical identifier on the non-volatile storage device in response to the indication comprising the logical identifier, wherein removal of the mapping indicates that the data corresponding to the logical identifier does not need to be preserved on the non-volatile storage device. 307 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 12.The method of claim 11, further comprising erasing a storage division comprising the data in a storage recovery process. 308 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 13.The method of claim 11, further comprising invalidating a data packet in response to receiving the indication. 309 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 14.The method of claim 11, wherein receiving comprises receiving the indication from one of a file system, operating system, storage client, and storage application, and wherein the indication comprises one of a hint, a message, a command, and a directive. 310 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 15.An apparatus, comprising: 311 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 a request receiver module of a storage layer for the non-volatile storage medium configured to receive an indication that a data structure, corresponding to data stored on the non-volatile storage medium, has been deleted, wherein the indication comprises a logical identifier that is associated with the data structure by a storage client, and wherein the logical identifier is mapped to a physical address of the data on the non-volatile storage medium; and 313 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 a marking module configured to record that the data stored at the physical address mapped to the logical identifier can be erased from the non-volatile storage medium in response to receiving the indication. 314 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 16.The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the marking module is configured to record that data stored at a physical address on the non-volatile storage medium can be erased from the non-volatile storage medium by invalidating an association between the logical identifier and the physical address. 315 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 17.The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the marking module is configured to record that data stored at a physical address on the non-volatile storage medium can be erased from the non-volatile storage medium by deleting a mapping between the logical identifier and the physical address. 316 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 18.The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an index comprising mappings between logical identifiers and physical addresses on the non-volatile storage medium, wherein the marking module is configured to remove a mapping between the logical identifier and the physical addresses of the data from the index. 317 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 19.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the marking module is configured to delete a reference to the physical address from an index entry of the logical identifier. 318 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 20.The apparatus of claim 18, wherein removal of the mapping indicates that data stored at the physical address can be erased from the non-volatile storage medium. 319 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 21.The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the marking module is configured to mark a data packet at the physical address invalid. 320 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 22.The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a request receiver module configured to receive the hint, wherein the request receiver module comprises a driver. 321 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 23.The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a request receiver module configured to receive the hint from a file system, the file system configured to send the hint in response to deletion of file system data associated with the logical identifier. 322 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 24.The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a request receiver module configured to receive the hint from a file system, the file system configured to issue the hint in response to removal of a file associated with the logical identifier. 323 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 25.The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a request receiver module configured to receive the hint from an application, wherein the application is configured to send the hint in response to determining that data associated with the logical identifier no longer needs to be retained on the non-volatile storage medium. 324 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 Claim 26.The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the non-volatile storage medium comprises a flash storage medium, the apparatus further comprising: 325 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 a storage recovery module configured to recover the physical storage location at the physical address; and 326 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM
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US8533406B2 a storage module configured to store data associated with another logical identifier on the physical storage location in response to recovering the physical storage location. 327 Added by DJM 3 2021 3/24/21, 12:00 AM

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