Patent ID: 9189436
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing data associated with a symbol in response to a request to access the symbol via a special file, wherein the special file is for accessing kernel memory directly, wherein an application of a first of a plurality of instances of an operating system requests the access to the symbol accessible via a second of the plurality of instances of the operating system, wherein the second of the plurality of instances of the operating system manages the plurality of instances, wherein the plurality of instances of the operating system share a kernel, wherein the first of the plurality of the instances of the operating system is a first version of the operating system, wherein the second of the plurality of instances of the operating system is a second version of the operating system, and wherein the data is in a first data format that is compatible with the second version of the operating system; determining that the first data format for the data is incompatible with the first version of the operating system; reformatting the data from the first data format into a second data format that is compatible with the first version of the operating system; and returning the data in the second data format in response to the request to access the symbol.