jumpstart

Jumpstart Project is a Linux/x86 performance-boosting software that efficiently executes applications with pre-loaded shared libraries. This software launches the executable file, and stops the process after the runtime loader has mapped pre-loaded shared libraries. This occurs before the application code runs, thus improving system performance.

Once the process stops, it operates as a server, reads command line arguments and environment through a named pipe, and executes the task in a fork()ed child. This release of Jumpstart Project includes new updates such as propagating file attributes and position of standard input (stdin), standard output (stdout), and standard error (stderr).

However, there are a few rough edges that need to be addressed. The software currently doesn't handle uid/gid mismatch, differing getrlimit, and boundary conditions such as arglist size, and x86_64 is not currently supported. Additionally, Jumpstart Project is only compatible with the GNU C Library (glibc), and not with the minimalistic C library (uClibc).

Overall, Jumpstart Project proves to be a useful tool in enhancing performance for Linux/x86 applications.