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Task assignment algorithms for two-type heterogeneous multiprocessors
Ref: CISTER-TR-131002       Publication Date: Jan 2014

Task assignment algorithms for two-type heterogeneous multiprocessors

Ref: CISTER-TR-131002       Publication Date: Jan 2014

Abstract:
Consider the problem of assigning implicit-deadline sporadic tasks on a heterogeneous multiprocessor platform comprising two different types of processors - such a platform is referred to as two-type platform. We present two low degree polynomial time-complexity algorithms, SA and SA-P, each providing the following guarantee. For a given two-type platform and a task set, if there exists a task assignment such that tasks can be scheduled to meet deadlines by allowing them to migrate only between processors of the same type (intra-migrative), then (i) using SA, it is guaranteed to find such an assignment where the same restriction on task migration applies but given a platform in which processors are 1+a/2 times faster and (ii) SA-P succeeds in finding a task assignment where tasks are not allowed to migrate between processors (non-migrative) but given a platform in which processors are 1+a times faster. The parameter 0<'a'<=1 is a property of the task set; it is the maximum of all the task utilizations that are no greater than 1.
We evaluate average-case performance of both the algorithms by generating task sets randomly and measuring how much faster processors the algorithms need (which is upper bounded by 1+a/2 for SA and 1+a for SA-P) in order to output a feasible task assignment (intra-migrative for SA and non-migrative for SA-P). In our evaluations, for the vast majority of task sets, these algorithms require significantly smaller processor speedup than indicated by their theoretical bounds.
Finally, we consider a special case where no task utilization in the given task set can exceed one and for this case, we (re-)prove the performance guarantees of SA and SA-P. We show, for both of the algorithms, that changing the adversary from intra-migrative to a more powerful one, namely fully-migrative, in which tasks can migrate between processors of any type, does not deteriorate the performance guarantees. For this special case, we compare the average-case performance of SA-P and a state-of-the-art algorithm by generating task sets randomly. In our evaluations, SA-P outperforms the state-of-the-art by requiring much smaller processor speedup and by running orders of magnitude faster.

Authors:
Gurulingesh Raravi
,
Björn Andersson
,
Vincent Nélis
,
Konstantinos Bletsas


Published in Real-Time Systems (RTS), Springer, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 87-141.

DOI:10.1007/s11241-013-9191-3.
WOS ID: 000328351200004.

Notes: Outstanding Paper Award, ECRTS 2012



Record Date: 8, Oct, 2013