INVOKING A NATIVE PROCESS AS A CALLED PROCEDURE BY A GUEST OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
The present disclosure relates generally to computer architecture and infrastructure for guest operating systems executing on a host operating system. A method of invoking a native process as a called procedure, the method including receiving, by a host operating system, a request to invoke a native process as a called procedure form a guest operating system; loading the native process executable into a secure sandbox running on the host operating system; and transforming data from the native process into a representation appropriate for the called the procedure in the host operating environment.
1 . A method of invoking a native process as a called procedure, the method comprising:
receiving, by a host operating system, a request to invoke a native process as a called procedure form a guest operating system;
loading the native process executable into a secure sandbox running on the host operating system; and
transforming data from the native process into a representation appropriate for the called the procedure in the host operating environment.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transforming includes transforming call-by-value, call-by-reference and other parameter data and meta data.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein transforming further includes transforming the data values.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transforming data from the host operating environment to the native process for return to the guest operating system.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving includes receiving through a secure tunnel between the host operating system and the guest operating system.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the secure tunnel is an encrypted communication path between the guest operating system and the host operating system.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the secure tunnel has loopback networking.
8 . A computer program product for invoking a native process as a called procedure, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that when executed by a programmable computing device causes the computing device to implement a method for configuring a set of network devices, the method comprising:
receiving, by a host operating system, a request to invoke a native process as a called procedure form a guest operating system;
loading the native process executable into a secure sandbox running on the host operating system; and
transforming data from the native process into a representation appropriate for the called the procedure in the host operating environment.
9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein transforming includes transforming call-by-value, call-by-reference and other parameter data and meta data.
10 . The computer program product of claim 9 wherein transforming further includes transforming the data values.
11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising transforming data from the host operating environment to the native process for return to the guest operating system.
12 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein receiving includes receiving through a secure tunnel between the host operating system and the guest operating system.
13 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the secure tunnel is an encrypted communication path between the guest operating system and the host operating system.
14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the secure tunnel has loopback networking.
15 . A method of invoking a native process as a called procedure, the method comprising:
receiving, by a host operating system, a request to invoke a native process as a called procedure form a guest operating system;
loading the native process executable into a secure sandbox running on the host operating system;
transforming data from the native process into a representation appropriate for the called the procedure in the host operating environment; and
transforming data from the host operating environment to the native process for return to the guest operating system.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein transforming includes transforming call-by-value, call-by-reference and other parameter data and meta data.
17 . The method of claim 16 wherein transforming further includes transforming the data values.
18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving includes receiving through a secure tunnel between the host operating system and the guest operating system.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the secure tunnel is an encrypted communication path between the guest operating system and the host operating system.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the secure tunnel has loopback networking.