Reader set encoding for directory of shared cache memory in multiprocessor system
Dnaiel Ahn · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2023
In a parallel processing system with speculative execution, conflict checking occurs in a directory lookup of a cache memory that is shared by all processors. In each case, the same physical memory address will map to the same set of that cache, no matter which processor originated that access. The directory includes a dynamic reader set encoding, indicating what speculative threads have read a particular line. This reader set encoding is used in conflict checking. A bitset encoding is used to specify particular threads that have read the line.