Understanding the Genetic Makeup of Linux Device Drivers

Author

Peter Senna TSCHUDIN
Laurent REVEILLERE
Lingxiao JIANG, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
David LO, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Julia LAWALL

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

11-2013

Abstract

Attempts have been made to understand driver development in terms of code clones. In this paper, we propose an alternate view, based on the metaphor of a gene. Guided by this metaphor, we study the structure of Linux 3.10 ethernet platform driver probe functions.

Discipline

Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

PLOS '13: Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Farmington, PA, November 3, 2013

ISBN

9781450324601

Identifier

10.1145/2525528.2525536

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Citation

TSCHUDIN, Peter Senna; REVEILLERE, Laurent; JIANG, Lingxiao; LO, David; and LAWALL, Julia. Understanding the Genetic Makeup of Linux Device Drivers. (2013). PLOS '13: Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Farmington, PA, November 3, 2013.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2028

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2525528.2525536