METHOD FOR SHARING MEMORY OF VIRTUAL MACHINE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME

摘要

A method for sharing memories of virtual machines is provided. The method is applied for a computer system configured to execute at least one virtual machine. The method includes the following steps. A memory map corresponding to the virtual machines is obtained, wherein usage states of memory pages of the virtual machine are stored in the corresponding memory map. Unused memory pages of the virtual machines are marked as free pages according to the corresponding memory map. The free pages of the virtual machines are shared. Therefore, the unused memory pages in the virtual machine can be shared. A computer system using the foregoing method is also provided.