There are a few ways to solve this; the simplest might be to replace the OS with a library (a libos) linked into the JVM that implements whatever the JVM needs

There are a few ways to solve this; the simplest might be to replace the OS with a library (a libos) linked into the JVM that implements whatever the JVM needs from an OS API in terms of what a specific VM offers. This is the idea of the MIT Exokernel Operating System, XOK. http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo/ http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo/