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M.E. Lоck The cоntext fоr this question is the sаme аs the previous question. Given: 32-core cаche-coherent bus-based multiprocessor Invalidation-based cache coherence protocol Architecture supports atomic "Test-and-set (T&S)", atomic "Fetch-and-add (F&inc)", and atomic "fetch-and-store (F&St)" operations. All these operations bypass the cache. An application has 32 threads, one on each core. ALL threads are contending for the SAME lock (L) Each lock acquisition results in 100 iterations of the spin loop for each thread The questions are with respect to the following spin-lock algorithms (as described in the MCS paper, and restated below for convenience): Spin on Test-and-Set: The algorithm performs a globally atomic T&S on the lock variable “L” Spin on Read: The algorithm, on failure to acquire the lock using T&S, spins on the cached copy of “L” until notified through the cache coherence protocol that the current user has released the lock. Ticket Lock: The algorithm performs “fetch_and_add” on a variable “next_ticket” to get a ticket “my_ticket”. The algorithm spins until “my_ticket” equals “now_serving”. Upon lock release, “now_serving” is incremented to let the spinning threads that the lock is now available. MCS lock: The algorithm allocates a new queue node, links it to the head node of Lock queue using “fetch-and-store”, sets the “next” pointer of the previous lock requestor to point to the new queue node, and spins on a “got_it” variable inside the new queue node if the lock is not immediately available (i.e., the Lock queue is non-empty). Upon lock release, using the “next” pointer, the next user of the lock is notified that they have the lock. c) [2 points] This pertains to the “Ticket Lock” algorithm. One thread is in the critical section governed by the lock. All the other threads are spinning waiting their turns. How many cache reload operations happen upon lock release? No credit without justification.
M.E. Lоck The cоntext fоr this question is the sаme аs the previous question. You hаve designed a bus-based custom non-cache-coherent shared memory DSP (Digital Signal Processor). Each CPU in the DSP has a private cache. The hardware provides the following primitives for the interaction between the private cache of a CPU and the shared memory: fetch(addr): Pulls the latest value from main memory into the cache flush(addr): Pushes the value at addr in the cache to main memory; it does not evict it from the cache hold(addr): Locks the memory bus for addr; no other core can fetch or flush this address until released unhold(addr): Releases the lock on addr You got this generic implementation for a ticket lock algorithm and tried it on your architecture. It did not work. struct ticket_lock { int next_ticket; // The next ticket number to give out int now_serving; // The ticket number currently allowed to enter}; void lock(struct ticket_lock *l) { // Acquire ticket int my_ticket = l->next_ticket++; // Wait for turn while (l->now_serving != my_ticket) { // Spin }} void unlock(struct ticket_lock *l) { l->now_serving++; // Release} b) [1 point] Identify any one potential flaw in the unlock function when implemented on your architecture.
Pоtpоurri Answer Yes/Nо with justificаtion/correct аnswer. (No credit without justificаtion). [2 points] An exokernel must be able to take resources back from a library OS that fails to respond to revocation requests. Does the exokernel simply kill the offending library OS process to reclaim the resource?