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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2004
Steven M. Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Andrew V. Anderson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Erik Cota-robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alain Kägi, Portland, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Sanjoy K. Mondal, San Marcos, TX (US);
Jason Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Steven M. Bennett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Andrew V. Anderson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Erik Cota-Robles, Portland, OR (US);
Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alain Kägi, Portland, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Uhlig, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Sanjoy K. Mondal, San Marcos, TX (US);
Jason Brandt, Austin, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems to provide support for single stepping a virtual machine in a virtual machine environment are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving a request to transition control to a virtual machine (VM) from a virtual machine monitor (VMM), determining that a single-stepping indicator is set to a single stepping value, and transitioning control to the VM. Further, if an execution of a first instruction in the VM completes successfully, control is transitioned to the VMM following the successful completion of the execution of the first instruction.