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%T Shared\-Memory Multi\-Processor Scheduling Algorithms for CCSP
%A Carl G. Ritson
%E Alistair A. McEwan, Steve Schneider, Wilson Ifill, Peter H. Welch
%B Communicating Process Architectures 2007
%X CCSP is a monolithic C library which acts as the run\-time
   kernel for occam\- programs compiled with the Kent
   Retargetable occam Compiler (KRoC). Over the past decade,
   it has grown to encompass many new and powerful features to
   support the occam\-pi language as that has evolved
   &\[sh]8211; and continues to evolve &\[sh]8211; from
   classical occam. However, despite this wealth of
   development, the general methodology by which processes are
   scheduled and executed has changed little from its
   transputer inspired origins. This talk looks at applying
   previous research and new ideas to the CCSP scheduler in an
   effort to exploit fully the potential of new mass\-market
   multicore processor systems. The key objective is to
   introduce support for shared\-memory multicore systems,
   whilst maintaining the low scheduling overheads that
   occam\-pi users have come to expect. Fundamental to this
   objective are wait\-free data\-structures, per\-processor
   run\-queues, and a strong will to consolidate and simplify
   the existing code base.


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