Tagging a copy of memory of a virtual machine with information for fetching of relevant portions of the memory
US9250969B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/5077
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to provision virtual machine resources. An example method includes labeling a copy of memory associated with an established virtual machine with an execution status based on an architecture type associated with the copy, and constraining a fetch operation in response to a page fault to a labeled portion of the copy that matches an architecture type of a received processor instruction.
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