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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Ganesh Venkitachalam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Cohen, Wayne, NJ (US);
Ganesh Venkitachalam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Cohen, Wayne, NJ (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for sharing memory pages in virtual machines are described. Guest memory pages are identified as candidate memory pages. The candidate memory pages are hashed and the hash results of the candidate memory pages are compared. A determination is made on whether a hash match exists between a first candidate memory page and a second candidate memory page. If it is determined that a hash match exists, an anonymous memory page that includes the information of candidate memory pages is created and shared. As a result, embodiments effectively reduce memory overheads by, in one example, exposing a single anonymous memory page to multiple virtual machines.