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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven M. Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Andrew V. Anderson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Dion Rodgers, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Richard A. Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Lawrence O. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Barry E. Huntley, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for processing virtualization events in a layered virtualization architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a hardware processor including event circuit to recognize a virtualization event, and evaluation circuit to determine whether to transfer control of the apparatus from a child guest to a parent guest in response to the virtualization event, wherein the child guest and the parent guest each include a bit per virtualization event to indicate whether the parent guest is to gain control when the virtualization event occurs.