OPERATING SYSTEM CODE PATCHING DURING LIVE MIGRATION

For a process of an operating system, it is detected that a live migration has occurred, the live migration comprising a change in a hardware characteristic of a computer system on which the process executes. A first message is broadcast to a set of processors, the first message causing each process...

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Main Authors LIEM, Amanda, Casas, JR., Juan M, Veale, Brian Frank, Olson, Caleb Russell
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.05.2021
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:For a process of an operating system, it is detected that a live migration has occurred, the live migration comprising a change in a hardware characteristic of a computer system on which the process executes. A first message is broadcast to a set of processors, the first message causing each processor in the set of processors to enter a waiting state. While each of the set of processors is in the waiting state, a portion of a set of program instructions of the operating system is modified.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916682820