Systems and methods for exposing processor topology for virtual machines
US8621458B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45533
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to making a guest operating system aware of the topology of the subset of host resources currently assigned to it. At virtual machine boot time a Static Resource Affinity Table (SRAT) will be used by the virtualizer to group guest physical memory and guest virtual processors into virtual nodes. Thereafter, in one embodiment, the host physical memory behind a virtual node can be changed by the virtualizer as necessary, and the virtualizer will provide physical processors appropriate for the virtual processors in that node.
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