Method and apparatus for accelerating VM-to-VM network traffic using CPU cache

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10178054
APP PUB NO 20170289068A1
SERIAL NO

15088910

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Methods and apparatus for accelerating VM-to-VM Network Traffic using CPU cache. A virtual queue manager (VQM) manages data that is to be kept in VM-VM shared data buffers in CPU cache. The VQM stores a list of VM-VM allow entries identifying data transfers between VMs that may use VM-VM cache “fast-path” forwarding. Packets are sent from VMs to the VQM for forwarding to destination VMs. Indicia in the packets (e.g., in a tag or header) is inspected to determine whether a packet is to be forwarded via a VM-VM cache fast path or be forwarded via a virtual switch. The VQM determines the VM data already in the CPU cache domain while concurrently coordinating with the data to and from the external shared memory, and also ensures data coherency between data kept in cache and that which is kept in shared memory.

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  • INTEL CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brandeburg, Jesse C Portland, US 13 101
Cooper, Trevor Portland, US 19 241
Dubal, Scott P Beaverton, US 81 1883
Gasparakis, Iosif Hillsboro, US 35 548
Herdrich, Andrew J Hillsboro, US 88 1279
Palermo, Stephen T Chandler, US 38 387
Sood, Kapil Beaverton, US 158 4063
Tsai, Jr-Shian Portland, US 77 1313
Verplanke, Edwin Chandler, US 43 292

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