File system service for virtualized graphics processing units

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PATENT NO 9875192
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14750973

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A system and method that includes receiving a call, from a thread, of a plurality of threads performing the same operations in parallel, in association with a virtual machine, to read a block of data from a file, allocating memory accessible by both the virtual machine and the plurality of threads for receiving the block, and providing the block by causing the block to be copied from the file associated with a file descriptor into the memory. A system and method that includes receiving a call from a thread of a plurality of threads executing the same instructions in parallel in association with a virtual machine, to write a block of data to a file, configuring a buffer accessible by the virtual machine to receive the block, writing the block to the configured buffer, and causing the block to be copied from the configured buffer to the file.

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AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INCPO BOX 81226 SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

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Allen, Nicholas Alexander Kirkland, US 164 1281

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