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A Study of Modern Linux API Usage and Compatibility

This is an API study that reassuringly answers the questions of system developers, from planning stage to your operating system's release. Featuring an API-by-API look at the growth of your operating system and complete chapters on development strategies, evaluation, maintaining APIs — and more.


Authors

Chia-Che Tsai
PhD Candidate, Stony Brook University

Bhushan Jain
PhD Candidate, Stony Brook University

Donald E. Porter
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University

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05 / 09 / 2015
Website released.

04 / 20 / 2015
“A Study of Modern Linux API Usage and Compatibility: What to Support When You're Supporting” published in Eurosys 2016.

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A Study of Modern Linux API Usage and Compatibility: What to Support When You're Supporting
Chia-Che Tsai, Bhushan Jain, Nafees Ahmed Abdul, and Donald E. Porter
Best Paper Award
In Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys '16), London, UK, April 2016.
[download paper] [download slides (Eurosys 2016 Talk)]