Compiler Directed Memory Management for Numerical Programs

This thesis presents a new approach to the management of memory hierarchies in the multiprogramming virtual memory system. Memory management related problems are solved partially at compile time, where memory directives are inserted into the object code of a compiled program. The main objectives of memory directives are to determine the memory requirements of a program at compile time and to pass this information to the operating system at execution time. A multiprogramming system has been simulated to evaluate the performance of a compiler directed memory management policy (CD). Empirical results obtained from this study show that CD can be superior to the best known implementable policies. In particular, CD has been compared with the working set policy (WS). The results reported in this thesis show that CD outperforms WS by a relatively large margin.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Malkawi, Mohammad Isam

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8701557

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69345