A lock-free, cache-efficient shared ring buffer for multi-core architectures

We propose MCRingBuffer, a lock-free, cache-efficient shared ring buffer that provides fast data accesses among threads running in multi-core architectures. MCRingBuffer seeks to reduce the cost of inter-core communication by allowing concurrent lock-free data accesses and improving the cache locality of accessing control variables used for thread synchronization. Evaluation on an Intel Xeon multi-core machine shows that MCRingBuffer achieves a throughput gain of up to 4.9

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: ANCS
• Authors: Patrick P. C. Lee, Tian Bu, Girish P. Chandranmenon
• Keywords: ANCS 2009, Computer Networks, Concurrent Lock-free Data, Lock-free, Multi-core Architectures