Dynamic Kernel Modification and Extensibility
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The issues of dynamic kernel extensibility and on-line update and their applicability to commodity operating systems are intrinsically related to the notions of runtime code generation and dynamic software feedback. Examining the predicted evolution of operating systems, from monolithic, to microkernel-based, and finally to a fine-grained modular design (in which kernels are modularized at the object/abstract data type level), the Synthesis research suggests that the applicability of code generation increases as one progresses between the various operating system designs. In particular, the trend towards finer grained modularity reduces the internal dependencies created by shared data as found in coarse-grained modules, paving the way for dynamic optimization.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | 2002 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Kishan, Arun |
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| Advisor | Lam, Monica |
| Department | Stanford University. Department of Computer Science. |
Subjects
| Subject | Kernel functions |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Kishan, Arun. (2002). Dynamic Kernel Modification and Extensibility. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cr877ww8519
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