Thread Migration on Heterogeneous Systems via Compile-Time Transformations *

This paper describes an alternaLive technique to provide multithreading in an enhanced C language. In contrast to the traditional design of a thread library, which usually utilizes a few lines of assembly code to switch control between threads, the technique we use is based on compile-time program transformations and a run-time library. Since this approach transforms a thread's physical states into logical forms, thread migration in a heterogeneous distributed environment becomes practically feasible. Performance measurements of the current implementation are reported