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DAC
2011
ACM
12 years 11 months ago
Litmus tests for comparing memory consistency models: how long do they need to be?
Memory consistency litmus tests are small parallel programs that are designed to illustrate subtle differences between memory consistency models by exhibiting different outcomes...
Sela Mador-Haim, Rajeev Alur, Milo M. K. Martin
APLAS
2011
ACM
12 years 11 months ago
Soundness of Data Flow Analyses for Weak Memory Models
Modern multi-core microprocessors implement weak memory consistency models; programming for these architectures is a challenge. This paper solves a problem open for ten years, and ...
Jade Alglave, Daniel Kroening, John Lugton, Vincen...
TC
2011
13 years 6 months ago
Software-Based Cache Coherence with Hardware-Assisted Selective Self-Invalidations Using Bloom Filters
— Implementing shared memory consistency models on top of hardware caches gives rise to the well-known cache coherence problem. The standard solution involves implementing cohere...
Thomas J. Ashby, Pedro Diaz, Marcelo Cintra
ASPLOS
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Butterfly analysis: adapting dataflow analysis to dynamic parallel monitoring
Online program monitoring is an effective technique for detecting bugs and security attacks in running applications. Extending these tools to monitor parallel programs is challeng...
Michelle L. Goodstein, Evangelos Vlachos, Shimin C...
HIPC
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Memory Consistency and Process Coordination for SPARC Multiprocessors
Abstract. Simple and unified non-operational specifications of the three memory consistency models Total Store Ordering (TSO), Partial Store Ordering (PSO), and Relaxed Memory Orde...
Lisa Higham, Jalal Kawash
CAV
2010
Springer
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14 years 3 months ago
Generating Litmus Tests for Contrasting Memory Consistency Models
Well-defined memory consistency models are necessary for writing correct parallel software. Developing and understanding formal specifications of hardware memory models is a chal...
Sela Mador-Haim, Rajeev Alur, Milo M. K. Martin
HICSS
1999
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
Defining Uniform and Hybrid Memory Consistency Models on a Unified Framework
The behavior of Distributed Shared Memory Systems is dictated by the Memory Consistency Model. Several Memory Consistency Models have been proposed in the literature and they fit ...
Alba Cristina Magalhaes Alves de Melo
CHARME
2003
Springer
196views Hardware» more  CHARME 2003»
14 years 4 months ago
Analyzing the Intel Itanium Memory Ordering Rules Using Logic Programming and SAT
We present a non-operational approach to specifying and analyzing shared memory consistency models. The method uses higher order logic to capture a complete set of ordering constra...
Yue Yang, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Gary Lindstrom, K...
SPAA
2003
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
The complexity of verifying memory coherence
The general problem of verifying coherence for shared-memory multiprocessor executions is NP-Complete. Verifying memory consistency models is therefore NP-Hard, because memory con...
Jason F. Cantin, Mikko H. Lipasti, James E. Smith
IEEEPACT
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Constraint Graph Analysis of Multithreaded Programs
This paper presents a framework for analyzing the performance of multithreaded programs using a model called a constraint graph. We review previous constraint graph definitions fo...
Harold W. Cain, Mikko H. Lipasti, Ravi Nair