Erik, thanks for your reply! I will read the document carefully and submit an application.
Best Wishes! Yan 2014-03-09 16:30 GMT-04:00 erik quanstrom <[email protected]>: > On Sun Mar 9 15:32:48 EDT 2014, [email protected] wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I am a student of Columbia university(Yan Cui) and want to > > contribute to > > plan 9 in google summer code. I am interested in one idea posted on > > the idea list, which is titled "MCS locks (i.e. queueing locks) for > > the kernel with a compatable calling interface to > > *lock*(9)<http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/9/lock>". > > Actually, my research direction is operating system scalability on > > multicore systems and knows kinds of synchronization methods very well > > including Linux kernel ticket lock, MCS lock, CLH lock, etc. For MCS > > lock, I have done many experiments (such as replacing the Linux kernel > > spin lock with MCS lock) and made improvements to it. I think I have > > all backgrounds and experiences required. I believe I can complete > > the task in time. Wonder to know can I join you in the Plan 9 > > development? > > excellent! i think you will find that plan 9 lends itself to this > sort of work. you are certainly welcome at any time to join plan 9 > development. > > the key here is to work out how to keep the existing lock api. > this is described here: http://www.9atom.org/magic/man2html/9/lock > i've prototyped this in user space, but did not get any further. > > as for gsoc, please do submit an application. there does happen to > be another student interested in MCS locks. so we may need to > work out something to avoid having to pick between two good > applications. but i am confident that we can figure this out as > things move forward. > > if you have any more questsion, please ask the list, or contact > me off list via email or g+. > > cheers! > > - erik > > -- Think big; Dream impossible; Make it happen.
