2000•Unpublished venueRequires access
Porting multithreading libraries to an exokernel system
Ernest Artiaga, Albert Serra, Marisa Gil
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Abstract
In this paper, we present an extension to allow multithreaded applications to run on an Intel-based exokernel system. For this purpose, we have ported a user-level threads package to such environment. Our goal is to evaluate the suitability of running multithreaded parallel applications on top of a multiprocessor system managed by an exokernel. We present the design of a prototype library, the lessons learned during its implementation and our proposals for this kind of systems.