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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Michael Tsirkin, Yokneam Illit, IL;

David Gilbert, Farnborough, GB;

Assignee:

Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 12/0882 (2016.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1673 (2013.01); G06F 9/30029 (2013.01); G06F 9/45545 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 12/0882 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45579 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for memory management for guests. An example method may include running, by a host computer system, a host component managing a guest in communication with a peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device comprises an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU). The method may further include appending, to a page table of the IOMMU, a plurality of records referencing present memory pages associated with a task running on the guest and appending, to the page table of the IOMMU, a plurality of records referencing read-only memory pages associated with the task, wherein the read-only memory pages are indicated as read-only in the page table.


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