Granted Patent B2

US 12,367,056 · App. 17/448,761 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Marcel Apfelbaum (Afula, IL); Gal Hammer (Ra'anana, IL)

Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.

G06F9/45558G06F2009/45579G06F2009/45591

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

creating, via a virtual machine boot process, a virtual machine to execute on a host operating system, wherein creating the virtual machine updates registers;

creating, via a container boot process, a container within the virtual machine executing on the host operating system;

receiving, by a virtual machine (VM) agent executing on a processing device, a device attachment request to attach a hardware device to the virtual machine after creating the container within the virtual machine;

determining, by a hypervisor of the host operating system, whether the virtual machine is ready for a hot-plug of the hardware device by polling, after creating the container within the virtual machine via the container boot process and before issuing a device hot-plug operation, the registers updated during the virtual machine boot process to prevent errors associated with the hot-plug of the hardware device, wherein the hot-plug of the hardware device corresponds to an attachment of the hardware device to the virtual machine while bypassing a restart of the virtual machine or a shutdown of the virtual machine;

sending, by the hypervisor to the VM agent, a hot-plug ready indication that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device responsive to determining that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device; and

issuing, by the VM agent and responsive to receiving the hot-plug ready indication from the hypervisor, the device hot-plug operation to cause the hardware device to be hot-plugged to the virtual machine.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hardware device comprises a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a request to create the container within the virtual machine from a cloud agent.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the device attachment request is received from the cloud agent.

5. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device executing a virtual machine (VM) agent, the processing device operatively coupled to the memory, to:

create, via a virtual machine boot process, a virtual machine to execute on a host operating system, wherein creating the virtual machine updates registers;

create, via a container boot process, a container within the virtual machine executing on the host operating system;

receive, by the VM agent, a device attachment request to attach a hardware device to the virtual machine after creating the container within the virtual machine;

determine, using a hypervisor of the host operating system, whether the virtual machine is ready for a hot-plug of the hardware device by polling, after creating the container within the virtual machine via the container boot process and before issuing a device hot-plug operation, the registers updated during the virtual machine boot process to prevent errors associated with the hot-plug of the hardware device, wherein the hot-plug of the hardware device corresponds to an attachment of the hardware device to the virtual machine while bypassing a restart of the virtual machine or a shutdown of the virtual machine;

send, by the hypervisor to the VM agent, a hot-plug ready indication that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device responsive to determining that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device; and

issue, using the VM agent and responsive to receiving the hot-plug ready indication from the hypervisor, the device hot-plug operation to cause the hardware device to be hot-plugged to the virtual machine.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the hardware device comprises a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processing device further: receives a request to create the container within the virtual machine from a cloud agent.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the device attachment request is received from the cloud agent.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

create, via a virtual machine boot process, a virtual machine to execute on a host operating system, wherein creating the virtual machine updates registers;

create, via a container boot process, a container within the virtual machine executing on the host operating system;

receive, by a virtual machine (VM) agent executing on the processing device, a device attachment request to attach a hardware device to the virtual machine after creating the container within the virtual machine;

determine, using a hypervisor of the host operating system, whether of the virtual machine is ready for a hot-plug of the hardware device by polling, after creating the container within the virtual machine via the container boot process and before issuing a device hot-plug operation, the registers updated during the virtual machine boot process to prevent errors associated with the hot-plug of the hardware device, wherein the hot-plug of the hardware device corresponds to an attachment of the hardware device to the virtual machine while bypassing a restart of the virtual machine or a shutdown of the virtual machine;

send, by the hypervisor to the VM agent, a hot-plug ready indication that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device responsive to determining that the virtual machine is ready for the hot-plug of the hardware device; and

issue, using the VM agent and responsive to receiving the hot-plug ready indication from the hypervisor, the device hot-plug operation to cause the hardware device to be hot-plugged to the virtual machine.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the hardware device comprises a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the processing device further: receives a request to create the container within the virtual machine from a cloud agent.

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