loading...
 This Article 
   
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'05) - Volume 2
Distributed synchronization with shared semaphore sets
Cardiff, Wales, UK
May 09-May 12
ISBN: 0-7803-9074-1
C. Tapus, INRIA, France
J. Hickey, IRISA, France
This paper presents a kernel level distributed interprocess communication library (KDIPC) with support for distributed shared memory and distributed semaphores. KDIPC uses the System V inter-process communication programming interface and enhances it to provide functionality in distributed environments. A key feature of KDIPC, inherited from System VIPC API, is providing an interface allowing atomic operations on semaphore sets. This permits application developers to perform locking of multiple resources in an atomic manner, simplifies the code and reduces the risk of deadlocks. The implementation is done at the Linux kernel level to reduce the overhead induced by the strict consistency model.
Citation:
C. Tapus, J. Hickey, "Distributed synchronization with shared semaphore sets," ccgrid, vol. 2, pp.921-928, Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'05) - Volume 2, 2005
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.