On Design and Applications of Practical Concurrent Data Structures
Doktorsavhandling, 2018
In the first part of the thesis, we focus on data structures that are difficult to parallelize due to inherent sequential bottlenecks. We present a lock-free vector design that efficiently addresses synchronization bottlenecks by utilizing the combining technique. Typical combining techniques are blocking. Our design introduces combining without sacrificing non-blocking progress guarantees. We extend the vector to present a concurrent lock-free unbounded binary heap that implements a priority queue with mutable priorities.
In the second part of the thesis, we shift our focus to concurrent search data structures. In order to offer strong progress guarantee, typical implementations of non-blocking search data structures employ a "helping" mechanism. However, helping may result in performance degradation. We propose help-optimality, which expresses optimization in amortized step complexity of concurrent operations. To describe the concept, we revisit the lock-free designs of a linked-list and a binary search tree and present improved algorithms. We design the algorithms without using any language/platform specific constructs; we do not use bit-stealing or runtime type introspection of objects. Thus, our algorithms are portable. We further delve into multi-dimensional data and similarity search. We present the first lock-free multi-dimensional data structure and linearizable nearest neighbor search algorithm. Our algorithm for nearest neighbor search is generic and can be adapted to other data structures.
In the last part of the thesis, we explore the utilization of concurrent data structures for deterministic stream processing. We propose solutions to two challenges prevalent in data stream processing: (1) efficient processing on cloud as well as edge devices and (2) deterministic data-parallel processing at high-throughput and low-latency. As a first step, we present a methodology for customization of streaming aggregation on low-power multicore embedded platforms. Then we introduce Viper, a communication module that can be integrated into stream processing engines for the coordination of threads analyzing data in parallel.
combining
multicore
stream processing
atomicity
concurrent data structures
non-blocking
synchronization
lock-free
locking
Författare
Ivan Walulya
Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Nätverk och system
Scalable Lock-Free Vector with Combining
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 31st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2017,;(2017)p. 917-926
Paper i proceeding
Ivan Walulya, Bapi Chatterjee, Ajoy K. Datta, Rashmi Niyoliya, and Philippas Tsigas. Concurrent lock-free unbounded priority queue with mutable priorities
Help-Optimal and Language-Portable Lock-Free Concurrent Data Structures
45th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2016,;Vol. 2016 september(2016)p. 360-369
Paper i proceeding
Concurrent linearizable nearest neighbour search in lockfree-kd-Tree
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series,;Vol. Part F133180(2018)
Paper i proceeding
Customization methodology for implementation of streaming aggregation in embedded systems
Journal of Systems Architecture,;Vol. 66-67(2016)p. 48-60
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift
Viper: A module for communication-layer determinism and scaling in low-latency stream processing
Future Generation Computer Systems,;Vol. 88(2018)p. 297-308
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift
In order to efficiently utilize these multicore processors, we need to design and implement concurrent programming abstractions that programmers at all levels of expertise can trivially use for general-purpose applications development. A common abstraction for synchronized access to shared data is a concurrent data structure. Concurrent data structures are challenging to design and implement due to the requirement to be correct, efficient and practical under various application constraints.
In this thesis, we propose new techniques for designing efficient concurrent data structures and improvements to existing implementations. We explore design approaches that are easy to implement without concern for the programming language or deployment platform. Additionally, we explore how to utilize concurrent data structures in complex applications, especially those with stringent throughput and latency demands such as data stream processing.
Execution Models for Energy-Efficient Computing Systems (EXCESS)
Europeiska kommissionen (EU) (EC/FP7/611183), 2013-09-01 -- 2016-08-31.
Ämneskategorier
Datorteknik
Datavetenskap (datalogi)
Datorsystem
ISBN
978-91-7597-815-4
Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 4496
Utgivare
Chalmers
ED, EDIT, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers.
Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Danny Hendler, Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Israel