Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of replication_distribution


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Oct 12, 2016, 5:05:17 PM (8 years ago)
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alain
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  • replication_distribution

    v12 v13  
    66 * The read-only segments (type CODE) are replicated in all clusters where they are used.
    77 * The private  segments (type STACK) are placed in the same cluster as the thread using it.
    8  * The shared segments (types DATA, HEAP, etc ) are distributed on all clusters as regularly as possible to avoid contention.
    9  * The pinned segments (type REMOTE) are placed in the user-specified cluster.
     8 * The shared segments (types DATA, MMAP, MALLOC, etc ) are distributed on all clusters as regularly as possible to avoid contention.
     9 * The pinned segments (type REMOTE or FILE) are placed in the user-specified cluster.
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    1111To actually control data placement on the physical memory banks, the kernel uses the paged virtual memory MMU.
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    13 This policy is implemented by the Virtual Memory Manager (vmm.h / vmm.c files).
     13This policy is implemented by the Virtual Memory Manager (in the vmm.h / vmm.c files).
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    15 A '''vseg''' is a contiguous memory zone in the process virtual space. It is always an integer number of pages. Depending on its type, a '''vseg''' has some specific attributes regarding access rights, replication policy, and distribution policy. The vseg descriptor is defined by the structure vseg_t (in vseg.h file).
     15A '''vseg''' is a contiguous memory zone in the process virtual space. It is always an integer number of pages. Depending on its type, a '''vseg''' has some specific attributes regarding access rights, replication policy, and distribution policy. The vseg descriptor is defined by the structure vseg_t in the vseg.h file.
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    1717For each process P, the process descriptor is replicated in all clusters containing at least one thread of P (called active clusters). In each cluster K, the virtual memory manager VMM(P,K) is stored in the local process descriptor, and contains two main structures: VSL(P,K) is the list of all vsegs registered for process P in cluster K, and GPT(P,K) is the generic page table, defining the actual physical mapping of those vsegs on the distributed physical memory banks.