Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of kernel_miscelaneous

Timestamp:

Jan 17, 2015, 2:44:27 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

alain

Comment:

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kernel_miscelaneous

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 the '''buf_vbase''' and '''buf_size''' arguments.
 
-=== void '''_get_sbt_footprint'''( unsigned int* width,  unsigned int* heigth,  unsigned int* levels ) ===
-A Sliced Binary Tree (SBT) can be used to implement a scalable, distributed synchronisation, such as a sbt_barrier or a sbt_lock. This function computes the footprint of the smallest SBT  covering all clusters containing processors in a platform. The SBT footprint is defined by the '''width''' and  '''heigth''' parameters. The '''levels''' parameter define the number of levels between the root and the leaves, with the following constraints:
- * cluster[0][0] is always covered by the SBT
- * the number of clusters in a row (width) is always power of 2
- * the number of xlusters in a column (heigth) is always power of 2
- * (width = heigth) OR (width = 2 * heigth)
-The width/heigth parameters can be larger than the X_SIZE/Y_SIZE parameters, when X_SIZE or Y_SIZE are not power of 2. The width/heigth parameters can be smaller than the X_SIZE/Y_SIZE parameters, when the upper row, or the right column of clusters does not contain processors.
+=== void '''_get_sqt_footprint'''( unsigned int* width,  unsigned int* heigth,  unsigned int* levels ) ===
+Scalable, distributed synchronisation mechanisms , such as a barrier or a lock can be implemented with a Synchronisation Quad Tree (SQT). This function computes the smallest SQT  covering all clusters containing processors in a platform. The SQT footprint is defined by the '''width'''  (number of clusters in a row) and  '''heigth''' (number of clusters in a column) parameters. The '''levels''' parameter define the number of levels between the root and the leaves, with the following constraints:
+ * cluster[0][0] is always covered by the SQT
+ * width and heigth are not  always power of 2
+ * they cannot be larger than the mesh (X_SIZE/Y_SIZE) parameters, 
+ * they can be smaller when the upper row, or the right column does not contain processors.
 
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