DATA STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR LOCAL USER-LEVEL THREAD DATA

摘要

Data structure creation, organization and management techniques for data local to user-level threads are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, for a user-level thread (“shred”) to run on a thread unit that is not managed by an operating system (“OS”), a storage area for local data; and maintaining state in the storage area across a context switch from the thread unit that is not managed by the OS to a second thread unit that is managed by the OS. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.