Threads and Input/Output in the Synthesis kernel (1989)
| Venue: | In Proceedings of the 12th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles |
| Citations: | 98 - 13 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Massalin89threadsand,
author = {Henry Massalin and Calton Pu},
title = {Threads and Input/Output in the Synthesis kernel},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the 12th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles},
year = {1989},
pages = {191--201}
}
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Abstract
The Synthesis operating system kernel combines several techniques to provide high performance, including kernel code synthesis, ne-grain scheduling, and optimistic synchronization. Kernel code synthesis reduces the execution path for frequently used kernel calls. Optimistic synchronization increases concurrency within the kernel. Their combination results in signi cant performance improvement over traditional operating system implementations. Using hardware and software emulating a SUN 3/160 running SUNOS, Synthesis achieves several times to several dozen times speedup for Unix kernel calls and context switch times of 21 microseconds or faster. 1
Citations
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| 53 | an Eternal Golden Braid (Basic Books - Hofstadter, Gödel, et al. - 1979 |
| 10 | Hydra: The kernel of a multiprocessing operating system - Wulf, Cohen, et al. - 1974 |
| 6 | Fine-grain scheduling - Massalin, Pu - 1989 |
| 4 | Fast fits - Stephenson - 1983 |
| 2 | SUNOS release 3.5 source code - Anonymous - 1988 |
| 2 | Fast ts - Stephenson - 1983 |
| 1 | Model of computation in Synthesis - Pu, Massalin |
