Intel Corporation
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESS CONTAINER MIGRATION FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSORS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES

Abstract:

Apparatus and method for migrating a container including graphics processor state. One embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first graphics processor coupled to a first system memory; execution circuitry of the graphics processor to execute graphics operations of processes grouped into a plurality of containers, the execution circuitry to be shared by the plurality of containers; and a first container migration engine to migrate a first container of the plurality of containers to a second graphics processor coupled to a second system memory, the first container migration engine to freeze operation of the first container at a specified execution point defined by a first container state including process-visible state data and driver-visible state data, the first container migration engine to transmit the first container state to a second container migration engine associated with the second graphics processor and second system memory, the second container migration engine to restore the first container to the specified execution point using the process-visible state data and the driver-visible state data.