Persistent heap Management library

Abstract

PERM is a C library for persistent heap management and is intended for use with a dynamic-memory allocator (e.g. malloc, free). The PERM memory allocator replaces the standard C dynamic memory allocation functions with compatible versions that provide persistent memory to application programs. Memory allocated with the PERM allocatory will persist between program invocations after a call to a checkpoint function. This function essentially saves the state of the heap and registered global variables to a file which may reside in flash memory or other node local storage. A few other functions are also provided by the library to manage checkpoint files. Global variables in an application can be marked persistent and be included in a checkpoint by using a compiler attribute defined as PERM. The PERM checkpoint methof is not dependent on the programming model ans works with distributed memory or shared memory programs.
Release Date:
2012-01-17
Project Type:
Open Source, No Publicly Available Repository
Software Type:
Scientific
Licenses:
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
Sponsoring Org.:
Code ID:
6229
Site Accession Number:
4969
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Country of Origin:
United States

Citation Formats

Persistent heap Management library. Computer Software. USDOE. 17 Jan. 2012. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20171025.on.1070.
(2012, January 17). Persistent heap Management library. [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20171025.on.1070.
"Persistent heap Management library." Computer software. January 17, 2012. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20171025.on.1070.
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