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PLDI 2021
Sun 20 - Sat 26 June 2021 PLDI
Wed 23 Jun 2021 09:30 - 09:35 at PLDI-A - Talks 1A: Concurrent and Distributed Programming
Wed 23 Jun 2021 21:30 - 21:35 at PLDI-A - Talks 1A: Concurrent and Distributed Programming

We present a safe automatic memory reclamation approach for concurrent programs, and show that it is both theoretically and practically efficient. Our approach combines ideas from referencing counting and hazard pointers in a novel way to implement concurrent reference counting with wait-free, constant-time overhead. It overcomes the limitations of previous approaches by significantly reducing modifications to, and hence contention on, the reference counts. Furthermore, it is safer and easier to use than manual approaches Our technique involves deferring the reference-count decrements until no other process can be incrementing them, and deferring or eliding reference-count increments for short-lived references. This is supported by a novel generalization of hazard pointers. We have implemented the approach as a C++ library and compared it experimentally to several other methods including existing atomic reference-counting libraries, and state-of-the-art manual techniques. Our results indicate that our technique is faster than existing reference-counting implementations, and competitive with manual memory reclamation techniques. More importantly, it is significantly safer than manual techniques since objects are reclaimed automatically.

Wed 23 Jun

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09:00 - 09:35
Talks 1A: Concurrent and Distributed ProgrammingPLDI at PLDI-A +12h
09:00
5m
Talk
Abstraction for Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types
PLDI
Hongjin Liang Nanjing University, Xinyu Feng Nanjing University
DOI
09:05
5m
Talk
Modular Data-Race-Freedom Guarantees in the Promising Semantics
PLDI
Minki Cho Seoul National University, Sung-Hwan Lee Seoul National University, Chung-Kil Hur Seoul National University, Ori Lahav Tel Aviv University
DOI
09:10
5m
Talk
Viaduct: An Extensible, Optimizing Compiler for Secure Distributed Programs
PLDI
Coşku Acay Cornell University, Rolph Recto Cornell University, Joshua Gancher Cornell University, Andrew Myers Cornell University, Elaine Shi Cornell University
DOI Pre-print
09:15
5m
Talk
Canary: Practical Static Detection of Inter-thread Value-Flow Bugs
PLDI
Yuandao Cai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Peisen Yao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Charles Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
DOI
09:20
5m
Talk
Practical Smart Contract Sharding with Ownership and Commutativity Analysis
PLDI
George Pîrlea National University of Singapore, Amrit Kumar Zilliqa Research, Ilya Sergey Yale-NUS College; National University of Singapore
DOI
09:25
5m
Talk
Snapshot-Free, Transparent, and Robust Memory Reclamation for Lock-Free Data Structures
PLDI
Ruslan Nikolaev Virginia Tech, Binoy Ravindran Virginia Tech
DOI
09:30
5m
Talk
Concurrent Deferred Reference Counting with Constant-Time Overhead
PLDI
Daniel Anderson Carnegie Mellon University, Guy E. Blelloch Carnegie Mellon University, Yuanhao Wei Carnegie Mellon University
DOI
21:00 - 21:35
Talks 1A: Concurrent and Distributed ProgrammingPLDI at PLDI-A
21:00
5m
Talk
Abstraction for Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types
PLDI
Hongjin Liang Nanjing University, Xinyu Feng Nanjing University
DOI
21:05
5m
Talk
Modular Data-Race-Freedom Guarantees in the Promising Semantics
PLDI
Minki Cho Seoul National University, Sung-Hwan Lee Seoul National University, Chung-Kil Hur Seoul National University, Ori Lahav Tel Aviv University
DOI
21:10
5m
Talk
Viaduct: An Extensible, Optimizing Compiler for Secure Distributed Programs
PLDI
Coşku Acay Cornell University, Rolph Recto Cornell University, Joshua Gancher Cornell University, Andrew Myers Cornell University, Elaine Shi Cornell University
DOI Pre-print
21:15
5m
Talk
Canary: Practical Static Detection of Inter-thread Value-Flow Bugs
PLDI
Yuandao Cai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Peisen Yao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Charles Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
DOI
21:20
5m
Talk
Practical Smart Contract Sharding with Ownership and Commutativity Analysis
PLDI
George Pîrlea National University of Singapore, Amrit Kumar Zilliqa Research, Ilya Sergey Yale-NUS College; National University of Singapore
DOI
21:25
5m
Talk
Snapshot-Free, Transparent, and Robust Memory Reclamation for Lock-Free Data Structures
PLDI
Ruslan Nikolaev Virginia Tech, Binoy Ravindran Virginia Tech
DOI
21:30
5m
Talk
Concurrent Deferred Reference Counting with Constant-Time Overhead
PLDI
Daniel Anderson Carnegie Mellon University, Guy E. Blelloch Carnegie Mellon University, Yuanhao Wei Carnegie Mellon University
DOI