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MANAGING SAFE REMOVAL OF A PASSTHROUGH DEVICE IN A VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM

  • US 20140068607A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2012
  • Published: 03/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a hypervisor, a request from a guest for access to a passthrough device;

    setting in a memory, by the hypervisor, a last accessed state associated with a virtual machine executing the guest;

    forwarding, by the hypervisor, the request to the passthrough device;

    configuring, by the hypervisor, a host central processing unit (CPU) to send a subsequent access request directly to the passthrough device; and

    in response to a virtual machine reset, clearing the last accessed state and instructing the host CPU to send a post-reset access request to the hypervisor.

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