Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Runtime information transfer between kernel modules
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Application No.: US16124208Application Date: 2018-09-07
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Publication No.: US11036405B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Jingmin Zhou , Subrahmanyam Manuguri , Anirban Sengupta
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: SU IP Consulting
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
Example methods and systems are provided for a computer system to transfer runtime information between a first kernel module and a second kernel module. In one example, the method may comprise assigning ownership of a memory pool to the first kernel module; and the first kernel module accessing the memory pool to store runtime information associated with one or more operations performed by the first kernel module. The method may also comprise releasing ownership of the memory pool from the first kernel module while maintaining the runtime information in the memory pool; and assigning ownership of the memory pool to the second kernel module. The second kernel module may then access the memory pool to obtain the runtime information stored by the first kernel module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200081638A1 RUNTIME INFORMATION TRANSFER BETWEEN KERNEL MODULES Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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