Methods and systems to control virtual machines

Details Methods and systems to control virtual machines Methods and systems to control virtual machines

2008-01-08

2008-01-08

Bataille, Pierre-Michel (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

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C711S203000, C718S001000

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ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems are provided to control the execution of a virtual machine (VM). A VM Monitor (VMM) accesses VM Control Structures (VMCS) indirectly through access instructions passed to a processor. In one embodiment, the access instructions include VMCS component identifiers used by the processor to determine the appropriate storage location for the VMCS components. The processor identifies the appropriate storage location for the VMCS component within the processor storage or within memory.

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