Towards a language framework for thick control flows

Juha-Matti Mäkelä; Martti Forsell; Ville Leppänen

doi:10.1109/IPDPSW.2017.119

Towards a language framework for thick control flows

Juha-Matti Mäkelä, Martti Forsell, Ville Leppänen

University of Turku

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Abstract

In the recent years the search for scalability in terms of computing power has led to very complex parallel computer architectures which require greater control of the storage and computation resources to utilize all the available hardware capacity for optimal performance. New solutions in the level of programming languages/models have increased the reliance and need for threads. A system with a huge number of threads can face problems with thread micro-management, smooth scaling between data and task parallelism, portability, and consistency. We present TCF++, a new concurrent C/C++ language extension generalizing on the idea of threads with so called thick control flows. Opposed to threading, thick control flows provide a way to orchestrate computation using lower number of independent actors, dynamically adapting to problem size. The language extension approach is chosen to support mixing with legacy code. We qualitatively analyze the new language's eligibility and explain its idiomatic use with a selection of core parallel algorithm kernels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	814-823
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-3408-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-3409-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IPDPSW.2017.119
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	31st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017 - Orlando, United States Duration: 29 May 2017 → 2 Jun 2017

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Workshop	31st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017
Abbreviated title	IPDPSW 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	29/05/17 → 2/06/17

Keywords

control structures
parallel architecture
parallel programming
programming examples
programming language
thread

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Mäkelä, J-M, Forsell, M & Leppänen, V 2017, Towards a language framework for thick control flows. in 2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)., 7965125, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 814-823, 31st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States, 29/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPDPSW.2017.119

Towards a language framework for thick control flows. / Mäkelä, Juha-Matti; Forsell, Martti; Leppänen, Ville.
2017 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2017. p. 814-823 7965125.

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