Will Parallel Programming Ever Become Routine? - Paul E. McKenney, IBM

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Channel: The Linux Foundation · 2013 · Science & Technology

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LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America, 2013:

The Linux kernel community has made great advances in its parallel-programming acumen over the past decade. Although the Linux kernel continues to harbor its share of bugs, including concurrency bugs, the combination of relative stability and high rate of change is unprecedented. This combination has been made possible by a three-part virtuous circle involving culture, economics, and tooling. In recognition that CPU counts are still increasing, this talk will analyze this virtuous circle and propose ways of making it run even faster.

Audience: Developers, testers, and concurrency wonks.

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