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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael Tsirkin, Westford, MA (US);
Henri van Riel, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 12/109 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/109 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2212/151 (2013.01); G06F 2212/651 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method of allocating memory pages for a guest includes receiving, by a hypervisor, a request to allocate a plurality of guest memory pages for a guest running on a virtual machine. The virtual machine and the hypervisor run on a host machine. The method also includes in response to the request: (i) allocating, by the hypervisor, a plurality of host memory pages, and (ii) mapping the plurality of guest memory pages to the plurality of host memory pages.