Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protected virtual machine function access
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Application No.: US14610736Application Date: 2015-01-30
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Publication No.: US09715410B2Publication Date: 2017-07-25
- Inventor: Paolo Bonzini , Michael Tsirkin
- Applicant: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IL Ra'Anana
- Assignee: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Ra'Anana
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/10
- IPC: G06F12/10 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F9/50 ; G06F12/1009

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer program products for accessing a protected function are provided. A computer-implemented method includes allocating and initializing a guest virtual address for a virtual machine function. A user bit and a valid bit are configured to protect a page associated with the guest virtual address. Once the user bit and the valid bit are configured, the virtual machine function is mapped to the guest virtual address. Supervisor mode is requested in order to access the virtual machine function. In supervisor mode, the virtual machine function is validated and executed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160224383A1 PROTECTED VIRTUAL MACHINE FUNCTION ACCESS Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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