Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) virtual machines (VMs) allow users to take advantage of a multiprocessor infrastructure. Despite the advantage, SMP VMs can cause synchronization l...
Asynchronous or "event-driven" programming is a popular technique to efficiently and flexibly manage concurrent interactions. In these programs, the programmer can post ...
Device drivers are notorious for being a major source of failure in operating systems. In analysing a sample of real defects in Linux drivers, we found that a large proportion (39...
Leonid Ryzhyk, Peter Chubb, Ihor Kuz, Gernot Heise...
We present a memory-aware load balancing (MALB) technique to dispatch transactions to replicas in a replicated database. Our MALB algorithm exploits knowledge of the working sets ...
Sameh Elnikety, Steven G. Dropsho, Willy Zwaenepoe...
Recent advances in Dynamic Power Management (DPM) techniques have resulted in designs that support a rich set of power management options, both at the hardware and software levels...
Shrirang M. Yardi, Karthik Channakeshava, Michael ...