The kernel Memory Affinity Framework (kMAF)

KMAF is a mechanism to perform automatic thread and data mapping in shared-memory systems.

Installation

Install kMAF as a new kernel, e.g.:

 $ make
 $ make install

Execution

Rename your binary that you want kMAF to handle so that it ends with .x:

 $ ./app.x

Everything else is automatic.

Publications

The main publications regarding kMAF are:

• Matthias Diener, Eduardo H. M. Cruz, Philippe O. A. Navaux, Anselm Busse, Hans-Ulrich Heiß. “kMAF: Automatic Kernel-Level Management of Thread and Data Affinity.” International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT), 2014.
• Matthias Diener, Eduardo H. M. Cruz, Marco A. Z. Alves, Philippe O. A. Navaux, Anselm Busse, Hans-Ulrich Heiss. “Kernel-Based Thread and Data Mapping for Improved Memory Affinity.” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), 2015.