Extending futex for kernel to user notification

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Bahmann, Helge ^a   Froitzheim, Konrad ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event notification; Futex; Leader followers; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; DEVICE DRIVER; EVENT NOTIFICATION; MULTITHREADED; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; POLICY DECISIONS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 77952263573     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1400097.1400100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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