Enabling programmer-controlled combined memory consistency for parallel code optimization / Dixie M. Hisley.

Author/creator Hisley, Dixie M.
Other author U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAberdeen Proving Ground, MD : Army Research Laboratory, [2003]
Description1 online resource (iv, 17 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental Contenthttp://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo4272
Subjects

SeriesARL-TR ; 3006
ARL/TR ; 3006. ^A567324
Abstract In this report, a novel software technique is presented that provides the capability to guarantee a different memory consistency model for different variables within the same shared memory parallel program. Programmers need only focus on their parallel algorithm and which variables can tolerate the use of old values, while the technique automatically guarantees sequential consistency for all remaining variables and identifies where unnecessary synchronization overhead can be avoided. Program slicing is exploited to address the interactions between variables that can tolerate old values and those that require the most recent value to be read.
General noteTitle from PDF title screen (viewed on Feb. 23, 2011).
General note"July 2003."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 15-17).
Access restrictionApproved for public release.
Report noteFinal report. Oct, 2002-Mar. 2003.
Funding informationBCHA06-3U21CL
GPO item number0324-A-01 (online)
Govt. docs number D 101.133:3006

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