C. Small

Publications
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Dealing with disaster: surviving misbehaved kernel extensions

Margo I. Seltzer, Yasuhiro Endo, C. Small, K. Smith
Computer Science
OSDI '96
28 October 1996

We present an analysis of extension mechanisms in the VINO kernel. Expand

MiSFIT: A Tool for Constructing Safe Extensible C++ Systems

C. Small
Computer Science
COOTS
16 June 1997

MiSFIT, the Minimal i386 Software Fault Isolation Tool, can be used as a component of a tool set for building safe extensible systems in C++. Expand

Why does file system prefetching work?

E. Shriver, C. Small, K. Smith
Computer Science
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, General Track
6 June 1999

This paper presents and validates an analytic le system performance model that allows us to explain why and when prefetching works, and makes recommendations for how to improve the bene t of le prefetch. Expand

Performance of Multithreaded Chip Multiprocessors and Implications for Operating System Design

Alexandra Fedorova, Margo I. Seltzer, C. Small, D. Nussbaum
Computer Science
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, General Track
10 April 2005

We investigated how operating system design should be adapted for multithreaded chip multiprocessors (CMT) - a new generation of processors that exploit thread-level parallelism to mask the memory latency in modern workloads. Expand

The Pebble Component-Based Operating System

E. Gabber, C. Small, J. Bruno, J. Brustoloni, A. Silberschatz
Computer Science
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, General Track
6 June 1999

Pebble is a new operating system designed with the goals of flexibility, safety, and performance. Expand

A Comparison of OS Extension Technologies

C. Small, Margo I. Seltzer
Computer Science
USENIX Annual Technical Conference
22 January 1996

This paper presents a taxonomy of the types of extensions that might be desirable in an extensible operating system, evaluates the performance cost of various extension technologies currently being employed, and compares the cost of adding a kernel extension to the benefit of having the extension in the kernel. Expand

MiSFIT: constructing safe extensible systems

C. Small, Margo I. Seltzer
Computer Science
IEEE Concurr.
1 July 1998

The authors demonstrate how their Minimal i386 Software Fault Isolation Tool (MiSFIT) protects applications from end user extensions written in otherwise unsafe languages. Expand

Self-monitoring and self-adapting operating systems

Margo I. Seltzer, C. Small
Computer Science
Proceedings. The Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in…
5 May 1997

This paper discusses the key challenge in making extensible systems practical: determining which parts of the system need to be extended and how. Expand

VINO: An Integrated Platform for Operating System and Database Research

C. Small, Margo I. Seltzer
Engineering
1994

In 1981, Stonebraker wrote: Operating system services in many existing systems are either too slow or inappropriate. Current DBMSs usually provide their own and make little or no use of those o ered… Expand

Throughput-Oriented Scheduling On Chip Multithreadi ng Systems

Alexandra Fedorova, C. Small, Daniel S. Nussbaum
2004

The unpredictable nature of modern workloads, char acte ized by frequent branches and control transfer s, can result in processor pipeline utilization as low as 19%. Chip multithreading (CMT), a… Expand

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