Apparatus and method thereof for efficient execution of a guest in a virtualized enviroment
US9946870B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45587
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficiently executing guest programs in a virtualized computing environment are presented. The method includes executing a virtual machine on a computing hardware; executing a single hypervisor in a first security ring on the virtual machine; executing a single guest program on the virtual machine, wherein the single guest program includes a single kernel being executed in the first security ring and at least one application being executed in a second security ring; and executing at least an instruction issued by the at least one application without trapping the single hypervisor.
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