DSTM Polite and Java

Today I finished the Polite Contention manager component for the C port. I tested it then compared it with the agressive one for the simple counter increment/decrement test - I got the same runtime for both (8 seconds). Maybe agressive vs polite matters with more complex tests.

I also created a makefile to build the DSTM C port, and I built and tested the Java port as well. I have to mention that the Java runone.pl benchmark script performed the same with both Polite and Agressive contention managers.

To have a viable comparison of both, I need to implement similar benchmarks for the Java and the C version and compare the performance of both kinds of benchmarks.

Todo list:-
- Implement common Java and C benchmarks and test them
- Read the garbage collection paper I mentioned in my previous post
- Reread the RSTM paper
- Write research proposal

Useful Command

To find the system specs of a Solaris machine
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag