Scott B. Baden

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-84-167

, 1984

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1984/CSD-84-167.pdf

Measurements of the Smalltalk Virtual Machine indicate that 20%-30% of the time is spent reclaiming disused storage. Following the work of Deutsch, Bobrow, and Snyder [Deutsch and Bobrow 76] [Deutsch 82a] [Deutsch 82b] [Snyder 79] we introduce a strategy that reduces the overhead of storage reclamation by more than 80%. We discuss the design of hardware to support this strategy, and compare the hardware to a traditional software implementation. We conclude by suggesting directions for future research.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Baden:CSD-84-167,
    Author= {Baden, Scott B.},
    Title= {High Performance Storage Reclamation in an Object-Based Memory System},
    Year= {1984},
    Month= {Jun},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1984/5954.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-84-167},
    Abstract= {Measurements of the Smalltalk Virtual Machine indicate that 20%-30% of the time is spent reclaiming disused storage. Following the work of Deutsch, Bobrow, and Snyder [Deutsch and Bobrow 76] [Deutsch 82a] [Deutsch 82b] [Snyder 79] we introduce a strategy that reduces the overhead of storage reclamation by more than 80%. We discuss the design of hardware to support this strategy, and compare the hardware to a traditional software implementation. We conclude by suggesting directions for future research.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%T High Performance Storage Reclamation in an Object-Based Memory System
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 1984
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%F Baden:CSD-84-167