faculty of computer science © 2006 cmput 229 memory hierarchy part 2 refreshing memory

Faculty of Computer Science

CMPUT 229 © 2006

Memory HierarchyPart 2

Refreshing Memory

© 2006

Department of Computing Science

CMPUT 229

Writing Cache-Conscious Programs

Problem: Write C code for a function that computes the sum of the elements of a two dimensional array, a[M][N], of integers.

int SumArray(int a[][], int M, int N)

1 int SumArrayRows(int a[][], int M, int N) 2 { 3 int i, j; 4 int sum = 0; 5 6 for (i=0 ; i<M ; i++) 7 for (j=0 ; j<N ; j++) 8 sum += a[i][j]; 8 return sum; 9 }

1 int SumArrayCols(int a[][], int M, int N) 2 { 3 int i, j; 4 int sum = 0; 5 6 for (j=0 ; j<N ; i++) 7 for (i=0 ; i<M ; i++) 8 sum += a[i][j]; 8 return sum; 9 }

Byant/O’Hallaron, pp. 508

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SumArrayRows Data Access Order

a[1][2]a[1][3]a[1][4]a[1][5]a[2][0]a[2][1]a[2]2]a[2][3]a[2][4]a[2][5]a[3][0]a[3][1]a[3][2]a[3][3]a[3][4]

•••

a[0][0]a[0][1]a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••



••• Cache

Memory

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•••

a[0][0]a[0][1]a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••



a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

••• Cache

Memory

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•••

a[0][0]

a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••


a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

•••

a[0][1]

Cache

Memory Byant/O’Hallaron, pp. 508

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•••

a[0][0]

a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••


a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

•••

a[0][5] a[1][0] a[1][1]a[0][4]

a[0][1]

Cache

Memory Byant/O’Hallaron, pp. 508

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SumArrayCols Data Access Order


•••

a[0][0]a[0][1]a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••


a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

••• Cache

MemoryByant/O’Hallaron, pp. 508

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•••

a[0][0]a[0][1]a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••


a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

•••

a[0][5] a[1][0] a[1][1]a[0][4]

Cache


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•••

a[0][0]a[0][1]a[0][2]a[0][3]a[0][4]a[0][5]a[1][0]a[1][1]

0x8000 4000

0x8000 4004

0x8000 4010

0x8000 4024

0x8000 4008

0x8000 4014

0x8000 4028

0x8000 403C

0x8000 400C

0x8000 4018

0x8000 402C

0x8000 4040

0x8000 401C

0x8000 4030

0x8000 4044

0x8000 4050

0x8000 4020

0x8000 4034

0x8000 4048

0x8000 4054

0x8000 4038

0x8000 404C

0x8000 4058

•••


a[0][0] a[0][1] a[0][2] a[0][3]

a[2][1] a[2][2] a[2][3]

•••

a[2][0]a[0][5] a[1][0] a[1][1]a[0][4]

Cache


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CMPUT 229

The Cost of Programming Productivity

Easy-to-read and easy-to-maintain code often result

in lower runtime performance.

StudentClass

University

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Abstraction

Inheritance

StudentProfessor Support Staff

Person

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Data Encapsulation

Person

Date of BirthGender

AddressCitizenship

Name

Driver Lic.

Student

FacultyDate of Adm

DepartmentProgram

Univ. ID

Classes Enr.Grades

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Data Locality Primer

AMD Atlon 64 X2

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Data Locality Primer: Cache Organization

POWER5 Cache Organization

– L1 Data Cache: 32 Kbytes, 128-byte cache lines

– L2 Cache: 1.44 Mbytes, 128-byte cache lines

– L3 Cache: 32 Mbytes, 512-byte cache lines

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Data Locality Primer: Cache OrganizationBytes

FacultyDate of Adm

DepartmentProgram

Univ. ID

Classes Enr.Grades

Student:

1 byte4 bytes

1 byte2 bytes

4 bytes

4 bytes4 bytes4 bytes

Date of BirthGender

AddressCitizenship

Name

Driver Lic.

Person:

4 byte1 bytes

32 bytes16 bytes

32 bytes

4 bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

2

•••

255

Cac

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Data Locality Primer: Data in Memory

Mem

ory

Add

ress

Bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

128

256

384

Univ. ID Date of Adm. Fa. De Progr. •••Classes Enr. Grades

••• Fa. De Progr. Classes Enr. Grades Univ. ID



FacultyDate of Adm

DepartmentProgram

Univ. ID

Classes Enr.Grades

Student:

1 byte4 bytes

1 byte2 bytes

4 bytes

4 bytes4 bytes4 bytes

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0 ••• 30 31 32 33 ••• 36 37 ••• 47 48 ••• 51 52 ••• 69 ••• 84 85 ••• 89

768

1024

1152

1280Mem

ory

Add

ress


Name DofB Ge Citizens. Address Dr. Lic.

Namedress Ge Citizens. Dr. Lic. DofB



Date of BirthGender

AddressCitizenship

Name

Driver Lic.

Person:

4 byte1 bytes

32 bytes16 bytes

32 bytes

4 bytes

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0 ••• 30 31 32 33 ••• 36 37 ••• 47 48 ••• 51 52 ••• 69 ••• 84 85 ••• 89

768

1024

1152

1280Mem

ory

Add

ress


Mem

ory

Add

ress

Bytes





0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

128

256

384





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Example: A search through the data structures

How many Computing Science students are

younger than 23 year old?Bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

2

•••

255


Cac

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How many Computing Science students are younger than 23 year old?

Load 128 bytes and uses 5 bytes!

Bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

2

•••

255


Cac

he L

ines

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Load 128 bytes and uses 5 bytes!

Bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

2

•••

255



Cac

he L

ines

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Load 128 bytes and uses 5.3 bytes!

Load 128 bytes and uses 5.8 bytes!

Bytes

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ••• 127

0

2

•••

255



Cac

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ines

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Data Reshaping for Arrays of StructuresStudent *ListOfStudents;

….

ListOfStudents = (Student*)malloc(….);




Univ. ID

Date of Adm.

Fa.

De

Progr.

Univ. ID

Date of Adm.

Fa.

De

Progr.

Univ. ID

Date of Adm.

Fa.

De

Progr.

••• •••

•••

•••

•••

•••

•••

•••

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Reshaping Linked Data Structures

E.g. A linked list of students

struct student { int age; int studentNumber; int studentProgram;float averageGrade;struct student *next;

};

age num gpaprog age num gpaprog …

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Maximal Structure Splitting

age1 num1 gpa1prog1

age2 num2 gpa2prog2

…

age3 num3 gpa3prog3

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3

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Is it safe to transform a given data structure?

Build alias set

– If a pointer P points to the structure

• Then all the objects in the points-to set of P must have the

same layout.

• The layout of two structures is the same if each field has the

same offset and the same length.

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Pool Allocation

Intercept mallocs and

replace by pool

allocation: each

structure layout gets

its own pool.

If pool is full another

pool can be allocated

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Pool Allocation

age1

num1

prog1

gpa1

next1


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.

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Pool Allocation

age1 age2

num1 num2

prog1 prog2

gpa1 gpa2

next1 next2


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.

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Pool Allocation

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.

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Pool Allocation

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3

age4

num4

prog4

gpa4

next4


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.

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Pool Allocation

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3

age4

num4

prog4

gpa4

next4

age5

num5

prog5

gpa5

next6


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.

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Pool Allocation

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3

age4

num4

prog4

gpa4

next4

age5

num5

prog5

gpa5

next6

age7

num7

prog7

gpa7

next7


replace by pool

allocation: each


its own pool.



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Pointer Dereferencing - Before

struct student { int age; int studentNumber; int studentProgram;float averageGrade;struct student *next;

};

struct student *s = malloc (sizeof (struct student));

s->age = 21;

s->averageGrade = 3.8;

s->age == *(s + 0)

s->averageGrade == *(s + 12)

age num gpaprog0 4 8 12 16

age num gpaprog …0 4 8 12 16

s

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Uniform Structure Splitting

Requires that all in the structure have the same

number of bytes

– Advantage

• Simpler address computation

– Disadvantage

• Either restrict the application of the technique

• Or wastes memory with padding to create same-length fields

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Uniform Splitting Pointer Transformation

age1 age2 age3

num1 num2 num3

prog1 prog2 prog3

gpa1 gpa2 gpa3

next1 next2 next3

s1->age == *(s1 + 0)

s1->gpa == *(s1 + (3 * pool_field_len))

s1

Pool_field_len is the same for each field

3 * pool_field_len

pool_field_len

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Non-Uniform Structure Splitting

Requires pools to be aligned by the size of the pool.

E.g. If the pools are 4k then they must be aligned on

4k boundaries.

More general

Address calculation is more involved

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Non-UniformExample

struct example { type_2 a; /* 4 bytes */type_8 b; /* 8 bytes */type_4 c; /* 4 bytes */};

s

How can the compiler

find the address to

access:

s->c

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Non-UniformExample

struct example { type_2 a; /* 4 bytes */type_8 b; /* 8 bytes */type_4 c; /* 4 bytes */};

s

How can the compiler

find the address to

access:

s->c

pool_base = s & 0x0…0FFF

index = (s – pool_base) / 2

field_base = (2+8)*num_structs_per_pool

s->c = *(s + field_base + 4*index - index*2)

s->c = *(s + field_base + 4*index - s + pool_base)

s->c = *(field_base + 4*index + pool_base)

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Experiments

Evaluated SPEC 2000, Olden and LLU

Many opportunities in SPEC missed

– Pointer analysis didn’t have enough precision to identify

opportunities in the SPEC 2000 benchmarks

– Could only identify small opportunities

– No impact on performance

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Experiments - Olden & LLU (Speedup)

Power 4 Power 5

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3d

healt

h

power tsp llu bh

em3d

healt

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power tsp llu

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