Using Continuations

User level

App

Kernel

SL

• Expand session notion

  • Align with application
  • Annotate state, resources,
  • associated computation
  • Include system state

• Provide synchronization and preservation assistance

  • Shared attribute/value store
  • Persist local system IPC, file descriptors

• System invokes continuation at session resumption

  • Generated in response to disconnection notification

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