Optimized memory-based messaging: leveraging the memory system for high-performance communication

Abstract: "Memory-based messaging, passing messages between programs using shared memory, is a recognized technique for efficient communication that takes advantage of memory system performance. However, the conventional operating system support for this approach is inefficient, especially for...

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Hauptverfasser: Cheriton, David R. (VerfasserIn), Kutter, Robert A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. 1994
Schriftenreihe:Stanford University / Department of Computer Science: Report STAN-CS 1506
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract: "Memory-based messaging, passing messages between programs using shared memory, is a recognized technique for efficient communication that takes advantage of memory system performance. However, the conventional operating system support for this approach is inefficient, especially for large-scale multiprocessor interconnects, and is too complex to effectively support in hardware. This paper describes hardware and software optimizations for memory-based messaging that efficiently exploit the mechanisms of the memory system to provide superior communication performance. We describe the overall model of optimized memory-based messaging, its implementation in an operating system kernel and hardware support for this approach in a scalable multiprocessor architecture. The optimizations include address-valued signals, message- oriented memory consistency and automatic signaling on write. Performance evaluations show these extensions provide a three-to-five-fold improvement in communication performance over a comparable software-only implementation."
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