High Performance Storage Reclamation in an Object-Based Memory System
Scott B. Baden
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-84-167
June 1982
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1984/CSD-84-167.pdf
Measurements of the Smalltalk Virtual Machine indicate that 20%-30% of the time is spent reclaiming disused storage. Following the work of Deutsch, Bobrow, and Snyder [Deutsch and Bobrow 76] [Deutsch 82a] [Deutsch 82b] [Snyder 79] we introduce a strategy that reduces the overhead of storage reclamation by more than 80%. We discuss the design of hardware to support this strategy, and compare the hardware to a traditional software implementation. We conclude by suggesting directions for future research.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Baden:CSD-84-167,
Author = {Baden, Scott B.},
Title = {High Performance Storage Reclamation in an Object-Based Memory System},
Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
Year = {1982},
Month = {Jun},
URL = {http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1982/5954.html},
Number = {UCB/CSD-84-167},
Abstract = {Measurements of the Smalltalk Virtual Machine indicate that 20%-30% of the time is spent reclaiming disused storage. Following the work of Deutsch, Bobrow, and Snyder [Deutsch and Bobrow 76] [Deutsch 82a] [Deutsch 82b] [Snyder 79] we introduce a strategy that reduces the overhead of storage reclamation by more than 80%. We discuss the design of hardware to support this strategy, and compare the hardware to a traditional software implementation. We conclude by suggesting directions for future research.}
}
EndNote citation:
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