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

Claim 6:
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the guest OS is further configured to:
generate, before the hypervisor frees the last memory page, a second list including a second plurality of hints for a corresponding second plurality of memory pages allocated to the guest OS to free according to a second order in which hints of the second plurality of hints appear in the second list, wherein the second order includes at least an initial memory page to free and a final memory page to free, wherein the second order indicates that the final memory page is not to be freed before the initial memory page is freed, wherein each hint of the second plurality of hints includes an associated address value associated with one memory page of the corresponding second plurality of memory pages, wherein the last memory page is included in the second order before the final memory page;
store the second list in the final memory page; and
pass, to the hypervisor, the second list to override the list.