Systems and methods for generating hint information associated with a host command

1. A method comprising:

performing in an application running on a host system, wherein the application is separate from a file system of the host system:

analyzing a layout of the file system to determine characteristics of different logically-contiguous areas in the file system layout;

sending, to a non-volatile memory system in communication with the host system, the determined characteristics of the different logically-contiguous areas in the file system layout;

determining whether the host system will send a write command to the non-volatile memory system;

in response to determining that the host system will send the write command to the non-volatile memory system, analyzing at least one of metadata or payload data associated with the write command;

generating hint information based on the analysis of the at least one of metadata or payload data; and

sending the hint information to the non-volatile memory system;

wherein by sending the determined characteristics of the different logically-contiguous areas in the file system layout and the hint information, the application provides the non-volatile memory system with information otherwise unavailable from the file system of the host system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the write command is part of a procedure to install an application on the non-volatile memory system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing at least one of the metadata or the payload data comprises:

analyzing an install package to identify one or more files associated with the install package; and

for each of the one or more files, determining a characteristic of the file.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

analyzing the file system layout to determine if the file system layout has changed since a previous analysis of the file system layout.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hint information comprises an indication for the non-volatile memory system that a sequence of logical block addresses that the host system will subsequently send in write commands to the non-volatile memory system will not frequently change.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application sends the hint information to the non-volatile memory system as part of the write command sent to the non-volatile memory system.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an indication for the non-volatile memory system of a sequence of logical block addresses that is associated with read commands that the host system will subsequently send to the non-volatile memory system.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

generating an indication for the non-volatile memory system that a sequence of write commands that the host system will subsequently send to the non-volatile memory system will replace data of a file already stored at the non-volatile memory system.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

generating an indication for the non-volatile memory system that a sequence of write commands that the host system will subsequently send to the non-volatile memory system will be appended to a file that is already stored at the non-volatile memory system.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application:

does not initiate the write command.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of metadata or payload data associated with the write command is at least one of metadata or payload data for a file that is associated with the write command.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory system comprises a three-dimensional memory.

13. A host system comprising:

a processor configured to execute a hint generator separate from a file system of the host system, wherein, when executed, the hint generator is configured to:

analyze a layout of the file system to determine characteristics of different logically-contiguous areas in the layout of the file system;

send, to a non-volatile memory system in communication with the host system, the determined characteristics of the different logically-contiguous areas in the layout of the file system;

generate, based on at least one of metadata or payload data associated with a write command that the host system is going to send to the non-volatile memory system, information regarding a characteristic of data associated with the write command; and

send, to the non-volatile memory system, the generated information in conjunction with the host system sending the write command to the non-volatile memory system.

14. The host system of claim 13 , wherein the hint generator is configured to send the generated information to the non-volatile memory system as part of the write command sent to the non-volatile memory system.

15. The host system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one of metadata or payload data associated with the write command is at least one of metadata or payload data for a file that is associated with the write command.

16. The host system of claim 13 , wherein the hint generator is further configured to:

analyze an install package to identify one or more files associated with the install package;

for each of the one or more files, identify a characteristic of the file; and

generate the information based on the characteristic of each of the one or more files.

17. The host system of claim 13 , wherein the non-volatile memory system comprises a three-dimensional memory.

18. A host system comprising:

means for analyzing a layout of a file system of the host system to determine characteristics of different logically-contiguous areas in the file system layout;

means for sending, to a non-volatile memory system in communication with the host system, the determined characteristics of the different logically-contiguous areas in the file system layout;

means for determining whether the host system will send a write command to the non-volatile memory system;

means for, in response to determining that the host system will send the write command to the non-volatile memory system, analyzing at least one of metadata or payload data associated with the write command;

means for generating hint information based on the analysis of the at least one of metadata or payload data; and

means for sending the hint information to the non-volatile memory system.

19. The host system of claim 18 , wherein the write command is part of a procedure to install an application on the non-volatile memory system.

20. The host system of claim 18 , further comprising means for analyzing the file system layout to determine if the file system layout has changed since a previous analysis of the file system layout.

21. The host system of claim 18 , further comprising means for generating an indication for the non-volatile memory system of a sequence of logical block addresses that is associated with read commands that the host system will subsequently send to the non-volatile memory system.

22. The host system of claim 18 , wherein the non-volatile memory system comprises a three-dimensional memory.