HYPERVISOR-ASSISTED APPROACH FOR LOCATING OPERATING SYSTEM DATA STRUCTURES BASED ON NOTIFICATION DATA

摘要

Example methods are provided for locating an operating system (OS) data structure on a host according to a hypervisor-assisted approach. The method may comprise a virtualized computing instance identifying a guest virtual memory address range in which the OS data structure is stored; and configuring a hypervisor to generate notification data associated with the guest virtual memory address range. The method may further comprise the virtualized computing instance manipulating the OS data structure; obtaining notification data generated by the hypervisor in response to the manipulation; and determining a location associated with the OS data structure based on the notification data. Fig. 3