Patent ID: 8806005
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a virtual computing environment, a method comprising: within a host machine of a virtual machine, communicating a data packet through a first protocol stack, the first protocol stack comprising a first series of processing components; within the virtual machine, communicating the data packet through a second protocol stack, the second protocol stack comprising a second series of processing components; associating one or more activity identifiers with the data packet as it is communicated through the first and second protocol stacks; reporting events from the processing components of the first and second protocol stacks, the reported events relating to processing of the data packet by the processing components of the first and second protocol stacks; specifying the one or more activity identifiers with the reported events; and communicating between the host machine and the virtual machine at least one of the one or more activity identifiers with the data packet.