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IJSSE
2010
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13 years 4 months ago
Improving Memory Management Security for C and C++
Memory managers are an important part of any modern language: they are used to dynamically allocate memory for use in the program. Many managers exist and depending on the operati...
Yves Younan, Wouter Joosen, Frank Piessens, Hans V...
USENIX
1994
13 years 8 months ago
TreadMarks: Distributed Shared Memory on Standard Workstations and Operating Systems
TreadMarks is a distributed shared memory DSM system for standard Unix systems such as SunOS and Ultrix. This paper presents a performance evaluation of TreadMarks running on Ultr...
Peter J. Keleher, Alan L. Cox, Sandhya Dwarkadas, ...
ISCA
2007
IEEE
142views Hardware» more  ISCA 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
MetaTM//TxLinux: transactional memory for an operating system
This paper quantifies the effect of architectural design decisions on the performance of TxLinux. TxLinux is a Linux kernel modified to use transactions in place of locking prim...
Hany E. Ramadan, Christopher J. Rossbach, Donald E...
MICRO
2008
IEEE
162views Hardware» more  MICRO 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
MetaTM/TxLinux: Transactional Memory for an Operating System
This paper quantifies the effect of architectural design decisions on the performance of TxLinux. TxLinux is a Linux kernel modified to use transactions in place of locking primit...
Hany E. Ramadan, Christopher J. Rossbach, Donald E...
OSDI
2000
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Taming the Memory Hogs: Using Compiler-Inserted Releases to Manage Physical Memory Intelligently
Out-of-core applications consume physical resources at a rapid rate, causing interactive applications sharing the same machine to exhibit poor response times. This behavior is the...
Angela Demke Brown, Todd C. Mowry