Method and computing device for selecting protocol stack for virtual machines
US10127067B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/321
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and computing device for selecting a protocol stack for performing protocol processing on data is presented. The computing device is configured with a hypervisor for managing a first virtual machine. According to the method, when a socket creation instruction sent by the first virtual machine is received, a protocol stack instance is selected from the protocol stack instances provided by the computing device. Then, a socket is created in the selected protocol stack instance according to the socket creation instruction; and a creation result is transmitted to the first virtual machine. Therefore, in a virtualized environment, multiple virtual machines disposed in a same computing device can share a network protocol processing capability, and protocol stacks of the virtual machines achieve load balance.
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