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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Vaijayanthimala K. Anand, Austin, TX (US);
David Navarro, Austin, TX (US);
Bret R. Olszewski, Austin, TX (US);
Sergio Reyes, Austin, TX (US);
Vaijayanthimala K. Anand, Austin, TX (US);
David Navarro, Austin, TX (US);
Bret R. Olszewski, Austin, TX (US);
Sergio Reyes, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a processor and a volatile memory that is configured to be accessible in an active memory sharing configuration. The apparatus includes a machine-readable encoded with instructions executable by the processor. The instructions including first virtual machine instructions configured to access the volatile memory with a first virtual machine. The instructions including second virtual machine instructions configured to access the volatile memory with a second virtual machine. The instructions including virtual machine monitor instructions configured to page data out from a shared memory to a reserved memory section in the volatile memory responsive to the first virtual machine or the second virtual machine paging the data out from the shared memory or paging the data in to the shared memory. The shared memory is shared across the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine. The volatile memory includes the shared memory.