Title

Tiered Algorithm For Distributed Process Quiescence And Termination Detection

Keywords

Distributed architectures; Distributed programming; Multitasking; Parallel processing; Synchronization

Abstract

The Tiered Algorithm is presented for time-efficient and message-efficient detection of process termination. It employs a global invariant of equality between process production and consumption at each level of process nesting to detect termination regardless of execution interleaving order and network transit time. Correctness is validated for arbitrary process launching hierarchies, including launch-in-transit hazards where processes are created dynamically based on run-time conditions for remote execution. The performance of the Tiered Algorithm is compared to three existing schemes with comparable capabilities, namely the CV, LTD, and Credit termination detection algorithms. For synchronization of T tasks terminating in E epochs of idle processing, the Tiered Algorithm is shown to incur O(E) message count complexity and O(T lg T) message bit complexity while incurring detection latency corresponding to only integer addition and comparison. The synchronization performance in terms of messaging overhead, detection operations, and storage requirements are evaluated and compared across numerous task creation and termination hierarchies. © 2007 IEEE.

Publication Date

11-1-2007

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volume

18

Issue

11

Number of Pages

1529-1538

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2007.1066

Socpus ID

35348836036 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/35348836036

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