microsoft / microsoft/demikernel
[catloop] Windows support
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- Rust
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Description
Context
The PAL abstractions for shared memory used by catloop are currently only exposed for *nix platforms.
Proposed Solution
Extend the PAL to support shared memory on Windows platforms.
Alternative Solutions
Large/huge page driver may also support this on Windows.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating catloop's PAL abstractions for shared memory and reading the existing *nix implementation. Review whether the large/huge page driver is relevant on Windows. Done means catloop's PAL exposes shared-memory support on Windows as well as *nix platforms.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100