JCSE, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.283-287, 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5626/JCSE.2011.5.4.283

A Technique for Fast Process Creation Based on Creation Location

Byungjin Kim, Youngho Ahn, Ki-Seok Chung
Department of Electronics Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea/ Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract: Due to the proliferation of software parallelization on multi-core CPUs, the number of concurrently executing processes is rapidly increasing. Unlike processes running in a server environment, those executing in a multi-core desktop or a multi-core mobile platform have various correlations. Therefore, it is crucial to consider correlations among concurrently running processes. In this paper, we exploit the property that for a given created location in the binary image of the parent process, the average running time of child processes residing in the run-queue differs. We claim that this property can be exploited to improve the overall system performance by running processes that have a relatively short running time before those with a longer running time. Experimental results verified that the running time was actually improved by 11%.

Keyword: Process management; Software parallelization; Multi-core CPU

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