Application-specific multi-threaded dynamic memory management

Abstract

This chapter presents the methodology and the corresponding software framework developed to systematically explore the design space of Multi-Threaded Dynamic Memory Management (MTh-DMM). We developed two exploration approaches: (a) a two-phase constraint-orthogonal and (b) a single-phase aggressive exploration methodologies. Pareto optimal configurations are generated considering various design targets. Experimental results evaluate the solution quality delivered by the proposed exploration approaches and by state-of-the art general purpose dynamic memory management solutions, based on a real-life multi-threaded network application.