Experiences from Implementing Multiprocessor Support for an Industrial Operating System Kernel

Authors:
Simon Kagstrom;Hakan Grahn;Lars Lundberg
Affiliations:
Blekinge Institute of Technology;Blekinge Institute of Technology;Blekinge Institute of Technology
Venue:
RTCSA '05 Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The ongoing transition from uniprocessor to multiprocessor computers requires operating system support. There is a large body of specialized operating systems which require porting in order to work on multiprocessors. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of a multiprocessor port of a cluster operating system kernel. The multiprocessor support is implemented with a giant locking scheme, which allowed us to get an initial working version with only minor changes to the original code. We also discuss performance and implementation experiences.