Adapting UNIX for a multiprocessor environment

Authors:
M. D Janssens;J. K Annot;A. J Van De Goor
Affiliations:
Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1986

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Abstract

Existing Unix data protection and synchronization mechanisms present difficulties when adapting Unix to a multiprocessor environment, but solutions do exist.