Virtual translation lookaside buffer
US6907600B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/1491
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for supporting address translation in a virtual-machine environment includes creating a guest translation data structure to be used by a guest operating system for address translation operations, creating an active translation data structure based on the guest translation data structure, and periodically modifying the content of the active translation data structure to conform to the content of the guest translations data structure. The content of the active translation data structure is used by a processor to cache address translations in a translation-lookaside buffer (TLB).
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