Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).by Thomas Pinckney III.M.Eng

M. Frans Kaashoek

Thomas Pinckney III

Thomas Pinckney Iii

Pinckney, Thomas

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Operating system extensibility through event capture

Empirically, operating systems are inevitably faced with application demands that the operating system cannot adequately handle. This thesis addresses how extensibility can be designed in, so that throughout the system&apos;s lifetime it can be extended to meet new demands that were not originally anticipated. A set of guidelines are proposed that help operating system designers understand which parts of their system will be likely targets of extensions. These parts can then be exposed as points that applications can attach extensions to. Design principles are also given for how to structure systems so that extensions may be invoked efficiently and executed safely. Finally, we constructed an extension that provides application-level process scheduling. Thesis Supervisor: M. Frans Kaashoek Title: Associate Professor Thesis Supervisor: Dawson R. Engler Title: PhD Candidate  Operating System Extensibility Through Event Capture  by Thomas Pinckney III Submitted to the Department of Electrical ..

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