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Method and system for migration of processes in heterogeneous computing environments

US9569246B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Jochen Roehrig · Eppelheim, DE
Wolfgang Reichert · Holzgerlingen, DE
Ulrich Weigand · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2013
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Migrating a process from a source system with a source operating system to a target system with a target operating system is provided, where the source and target systems or source and target operating system are incompatible. The migrating includes: employing an emulator at the target system to execute code associated with the process being migrated, the emulator performing: translating of system calls and runtime library calls for the source operating system to calls of the target operating system using a system call translator and runtime library translator; translating source application code associated with the process into binary target application code executable on the target system, using a compiler where the source application code has not been translated; and executing the translated binary target application code on the target system, and discontinuing emulation of the process at the target system once the executing begins.

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