Channel management, message representation and event handling of a protocol implementation framework for Linux using generative programming

……………………………………………………………………. iii Acknowledgments ………………………………………………………….. iv Table of Contents ….………………………………………………………. v List of Tables ………………………………………………………………. vii List of Figures ………………………………………………………………. viii 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………. 1 1.1 Motivation …………………………………………………………. 1 1.2 Thesis Contributions ………………………………………………... 4 1.3 Thesis Outline …………………………………………………….. 6 2. Review of Literature ………………………………………………… 7 2.1 Network Support in Current Operating Systems ………………….… 7 2.2 The X-Kernel ……………………………………………………… 11 2.3 The P-Kernel ………………………...…………………………… 13 3. Generative Programming for Telecommunications Protocols ……… 14 3.1 Generative Programming …..………………………………………… 14 3.2 Protocol Implementation Framework for Linux (PIX) ………..……… 15 3.2.1 Domain Analysis …………………………………………….. 15 3.2.2 Domain Design …………………………………………….. 21 3.2.3 Domain implementation …………………………………… 25 4. New Features of PIX ….……………….………………………………… 29 4.1 Overview of New Features …………………………………………. 29 4.2 The PassiveOpen Feature .…………………………………………… 32 4.3 The Generator ….……….………………………………………….. 38