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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Michael Tsirkin, Yokneam Yillit, IL;
Dor Laor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Michael Tsirkin, Yokneam Yillit, IL;
Dor Laor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Red Hat Israel, Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for hibernating virtual machines (VMs) are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a computer system that executes a hypervisor and a virtual machine (VM) determines that the virtual machine is to be put to sleep, wherein the determining is performed without involvement of a guest operating system hosted by the virtual machine. In response, the hypervisor stops a first virtual processor of the VM and persists the state of the first virtual processor.