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VIRTUAL MACHINE CONTROL STRUCTURE SHADOWING

  • US 20130326519A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2011
  • Published: 12/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A processor comprising:

  • instruction hardware to receive a plurality of instructions, including a first instruction to transfer the processor from a root mode to a non-root mode for executing guest software in at least one virtual machine, wherein the processor is to return to the root mode upon the detection of any of a plurality of virtual machine exit events, and a second instruction to access at least one data structure for controlling the at least one virtual machine; and

    execution hardware to execute the first instruction and the second instruction; and

    control logic to cause the processor to access a shadow data structure instead of the at least one data structure, without returning to the root mode for the access to be performed, when the second instruction is executed in the non-root mode.

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