PACUE: Processor allocator considering user experience

Tetsuro Horikawa, Michio Honda, Jin Nakazawa, Kazunori Takashio, Hideyuki Tokuda

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Abstract

GPU accelerated applications including GPGPU ones are commonly seen in modern PCs. If many applications compete on the same GPU, the performance will decrease significantly. Some applications have a large impact on user experience. Therefore, for such applications, we have to limit GPU utilization by the other applications. It might be straightforward to modify applications to switch compute device dynamically for intelligent resources allocation. Unfortunately, we cannot do so due to software distribution policy or the other reasons. In this paper, we propose PACUE, which allows the end system to allocate compute devices arbitrary to applications. In addition, PACUE guesses optimal compute device for each application according to user preference. We implemented the dynamic compute device redirector of PACUE including OpenCL API hooking and device camouflaging features. We also implemented the frame of the resource manager of PACUE. We demonstrate PACUE achieves dynamic compute device redirecting on one out of two real applications and on all of 20 sample codes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuro-Par 2011
Subtitle of host publicationParallel Processing Workshops - CCPI, CGWS, HeteroPar, HiBB, HPCVirt, HPPC, HPSS, MDGS, ProPer, Resilience, UCHPC, VHPC, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages335-344
Number of pages10
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Print)9783642297397
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event17th Parallel Processing Workshops, Euro-Par 2011: CCPI 2011, CGWS 2011, HeteroPar 2011, HiBB 2011, HPCVirt 2011, HPPC 2011, HPSS 2011, MDGS 2011, ProPer 2011, Resilience 2011, UCHPC 2011, VHPC 2011 - Bordeaux, France
Duration: 2011 Aug 292011 Sept 2

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume7156 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other17th Parallel Processing Workshops, Euro-Par 2011: CCPI 2011, CGWS 2011, HeteroPar 2011, HiBB 2011, HPCVirt 2011, HPPC 2011, HPSS 2011, MDGS 2011, ProPer 2011, Resilience 2011, UCHPC 2011, VHPC 2011
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityBordeaux
Period11/8/2911/9/2

Keywords

  • GPGPU
  • GPU
  • OpenCL
  • PC
  • Resource management
  • binary compatibility
  • user experience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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