Cooperative workgroup scheduling and context prefetching based on predicted modification of signal values
Abstract
A first workgroup is preempted in response to threads in the first workgroup executing a first wait instruction including a first value of a signal and a first hint indicating a type of modification for the signal. The first workgroup is scheduled for execution on a processor core based on a first context after preemption in response to the signal having the first value. A second workgroup is scheduled for execution on the processor core based on a second context in response to preempting the first workgroup and in response to the signal having a second value. A third context it is prefetched into registers of the processor core based on the first hint and the second value. The first context is stored in a first portion of the registers and the second context is prefetched into a second portion of the registers prior to preempting the first workgroup.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1986741
- Patent Number(s):
- 11481250
- Application Number:
- 16/024,244
- Assignee:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; B620717
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 06/29/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Dutu, Alexandru, Sinclair, Matthew David, Beckmann, Bradford, and Wood, David A. Cooperative workgroup scheduling and context prefetching based on predicted modification of signal values. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Dutu, Alexandru, Sinclair, Matthew David, Beckmann, Bradford, & Wood, David A. Cooperative workgroup scheduling and context prefetching based on predicted modification of signal values. United States.
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@article{osti_1986741,
title = {Cooperative workgroup scheduling and context prefetching based on predicted modification of signal values},
author = {Dutu, Alexandru and Sinclair, Matthew David and Beckmann, Bradford and Wood, David A.},
abstractNote = {A first workgroup is preempted in response to threads in the first workgroup executing a first wait instruction including a first value of a signal and a first hint indicating a type of modification for the signal. The first workgroup is scheduled for execution on a processor core based on a first context after preemption in response to the signal having the first value. A second workgroup is scheduled for execution on the processor core based on a second context in response to preempting the first workgroup and in response to the signal having a second value. A third context it is prefetched into registers of the processor core based on the first hint and the second value. The first context is stored in a first portion of the registers and the second context is prefetched into a second portion of the registers prior to preempting the first workgroup.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
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