Patent ID: 11907115
Assignee: RED HAT, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
generating, by the guest OS, a second list including a second plurality of hints for a second plurality of memory pages allocated to the guest OS to free according to a second order in which the plurality of hints appear in the second list, wherein an initial hint to free an initial memory page of the second plurality of memory pages appears earlier in the second order than a final hint to free a final memory page of the second plurality of memory pages, wherein each hint of the second plurality of hints includes address values associated with memory pages of the second plurality of memory pages, wherein the last memory page is included in the second ccqucntial order before the final memory page;
storing the second list in the final memory page; and
passing, to the hypervisor, the second list to override the sequentially ordered list.