US 11,875,175 B2
Providing physical host hardware state information to virtual machines deployed on the physical host
Abhinav Tandon, Bangalore (IN); Kaustubh Shantanu, Bangalore (IN); and Siva Krishna Gudivada, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,837.
Application 17/443,837 is a continuation of application No. 16/554,051, filed on Aug. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,080,083.
Prior Publication US 2021/0357249 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing, by a device and to an event plugin associated with a hardware component of the device, a script associated with providing information about an event associated with the hardware component;
receiving, by the device and from a kernel, information indicating that the event occurred,
wherein the kernel is associated with the device, and
wherein the kernel is registered with the event plugin;
causing, by the device, via the event plugin, and based on the event occurring, execution of the script; and
providing, by the device and based on the execution of the script, a notification to a virtual machine implemented on the device,
wherein the notification indicates that the event occurred.