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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Eric P. Traut, Bellevue, WA (US);
Idan Avraham, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew D. Hendel, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Eric P. Traut, Bellevue, WA (US);
Idan Avraham, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew D. Hendel, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided are optimizations to the memory virtualization model employed in a virtual machine environment. An opportunistic hypervisor page mapping process is used in order to utilize large memory pages in a virtual machine environment. Using these optimizations, physical memory is being virtualized for the virtual machine in a manner that allows the operating system (OS) running within the virtual machine to take real and full advantage of large physical memory pages.