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A cyclic distributed garbage collector for Network Objects
Helena C. C. D. Rodrigues and Richard E. Jones
In Ozalp Babaoglu and Keith Marzullo, editors, Tenth International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms WDAG'96, number 1151 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 182-196, Bologna, Italy, October 1996. Springer.Abstract
This paper presents an algorithm for distributed garbage collection and outlines its implementation within the Network Objects system. The algorithm is based on a reference listing scheme, which is augmented by partial tracing in order to collect distributed garbage cycles. Processes may be dynamically organised into groups, according to appropriate heuristics, to reclaim distributed garbage cycles. The algorithm places no overhead on local collectors and suspends local mutators only briefly. Partial tracing of the distributed graph involves only objects thought to be part of a garbage cycle: no collaboration with other processes is required. The algorithm offers considerable flexibility, allowing expediency and fault-tolerance to be traded against completeness.
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@inproceedings{12, author = {Helena C. C. D. Rodrigues and Richard E. Jones}, title = {A Cyclic Distributed Garbage Collector for {N}etwork {O}bjects}, month = {October}, year = {1996}, pages = {182-196}, keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants}, note = {}, doi = {}, url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1996/12}, ISBN = {3-540-61769-8}, ISSN = {0302-9743}, address = {Bologna, Italy}, booktitle = {Tenth International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms WDAG'96}, editor = {Ozalp Babaoglu and Keith Marzullo}, number = {1151}, publisher = {Springer}, refereed = {yes}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, }