SCONE: Using concurrent objects for low-level operating system programming
Author:
Jun-ichiro Itoh,
Yasuhiko Yokote
and Mario Tokoro
Conference:
ACM
OOPSLA'95
Abstract:
This paper proposes a methodology for making low-level system code
of operating systems be replaceable at runtime.
Our approach is to use concurrent objects as
a basic programming unit for low-level system programs.
To realize the different need for each type of system code
and to execute these concurrent objects sufficiently efficient,
we use a combination of dedicated system service layers and
other implementation techniques.
System service layers provide the most suitable primitive operations
for each concurrent object.
Under our programming model for low-level system code, which we call SCONE,
it is possible to program low-level system code
without hazardous operations such as explicit synchronization,
direct scheduler manipulation, etc.
We present the implementation of our methodology on
the Apertos operating system and demonstrate its efficiency
with performance evaluation.
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