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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Robert D. Gardner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel J. Magenheimer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert D. Gardner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel J. Magenheimer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention is a method for handling an interruption during execution of an application on a computer system that uses a register stack, the method comprising receiving the interruption by a hypervisor, sending the interruption to an operating system for handling; if the register stack has a fault, then generating, by the operating system, another interruption that is delivered to the hypervisor; after receiving the another interruption, covering, by the hypervisor, the register stack; after covering the register stack, sending the interruption to the operating system for handling; and after handling, returning to execution of the application.