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Selective descheduling of idling guests running on a host computer system

US7765543B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 2004
Grant dateJul 27, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2209/508
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Guests, such as virtual machines, that are running on a host hardware platform are selectively descheduled when an idling condition is detected. An example of the idling condition is that the guest has been executing instructions in an idle loop for more than a threshold period. Guest instructions may be evaluated for the idling condition in conjunction with binary translation.

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