Memory coherence in shared virtual memory systems
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
How to write parallel programs: a first course
How to write parallel programs: a first course
The C++ programming language (2nd ed.)
The C++ programming language (2nd ed.)
Implementation and performance of Munin
SOSP '91 Proceedings of the thirteenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles
Orca: A Language for Parallel Programming of Distributed Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
Systematic concurrent object-oriented programming
Communications of the ACM
Toward a method of object-oriented concurrent programming
Communications of the ACM
Introducing concurrency to a sequential language
Communications of the ACM
Distributed Shared Memory: Concepts and Systems
IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology: Systems & Technology
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In this paper we study how the potential advantages of distributed shared memory (DSM) techniques can be applied to concurrent object-oriented languages. We assume a DSM scheme based on an entry consistency memory model and propose an object model that can incorporate that DSM scheme. The object model is characterized by the requirement of explicitly enclosing object invocations between acquire and release operations, and the distinction between command and query operations. Details of a thread-based implementation are discussed, and results show that significant speed-ups can be obtained. We also conclude that using kernel-level threads can lead to better performance, and the overhead versus user-level threads is negligible.