Transforming policies into mechanisms with infokernel

We describe an evolutionary path that allows operating systems to be used in a more flexible and appropriate manner by higher-level services. An infokernel exposes key pieces of information about its algorithms and internal state; thus, its default policies become mechanisms, which can be controlled from user-level. We have implemented two prototype

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SOSP
• Authors: Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Nathan C. Burnett, Timothy E. Denehy, Thomas J. Engle, Haryadi S. Gunawi, James A. Nugent, Florentina I. Popovici
• Keywords: Appropriate Manner, Default Policies, Evolutionary Path, Operating System, SOSP 2003