CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 15/17331 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for direct memory access in a virtualized computing environment comprising one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
in response to receiving a request for a direct memory access connection between a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine of the virtualized computing environment, flagging the request to indicate that the request has been processed;
forwarding the flagged request to a network interface device configured to execute direct memory access network functions between virtual machines of the virtualized computing environment;
flagging a direct memory access connection reply received from the second virtual machine to indicate that the reply has been processed;
forwarding the flagged direct memory access connection reply to the network interface device; and
causing the network interface device to establish the requested direct memory access connection between the first and second virtual machines based on the flagged request and reply.
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