Impact of Instruction Re-Ordering on the Correctness of Shared-Memory Programs

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dc.contributor.authorHigham, Lisaeng
dc.contributor.authorKawash, Jalaleng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T22:13:24Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T22:13:24Z
dc.date.computerscience2005-08-26eng
dc.date.issued2005-08-26eng
dc.description.abstractSequential consistency is an intuitive consistency model that simpli_es reasoning about concurrent multiprocessor programs. Most implementations of high-performance multiprocessors, however, utilize mechanisms that allow instructions to execute out of order, resulting in consistency models that are weaker than sequential consistency and further complicating the job of programmers. This paper investigates all possible combinations of re-ordering of read and write instructions and their effects on the correctness of programs that are designed for sequential consistency. It shows that with certain combinations of re-orderings, any program that accesses shared memory through only reads and writes and that is correct assuming sequential consistency, can be transformed to a new program that does not use any explicit synchronization, and that remains correct in spite of the instruction re-ordering. With other combinations of re-ordering, such transformations do not exist, and even solutions to the mutual exclusion problem are impossible without resorting to explicit synchronization.eng
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dc.identifier.department2005-794-25eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30825
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45982
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleImpact of Instruction Re-Ordering on the Correctness of Shared-Memory Programseng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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