Selective descheduling of idling guests running on a host computer system
US8352944B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2031 |
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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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