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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Madhusudanan Kandasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Vidya Ranganathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
Madhusudanan Kandasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Vidya Ranganathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and products for managing memory. In one general embodiment, the method includes assigning an isolated virtual heap in a global kernel heap of a global operating system environment to each of a plurality of isolated virtual operating system environments operating in a global operating system environment; and in response to an invocation of kernel heap memory allocation from one of the isolated virtual operating system environments, dynamically allocating memory to the invoking isolated virtual operating system environment from the virtual kernel heap assigned to the invoking isolated virtual operating system environment. The method may also include running the plurality of isolated virtual operating system environments in the global operating system environment. The plurality of isolated virtual operating system environments may share a single common kernel. The isolated virtual operating system environments may run under the same operating system image.