Fluid: A framework for approximate concurrency via controlled dependency relaxation

Huaipan Jiang, Haibo Zhang, Xulong Tang, Vineetha Govindaraj, Jack Sampson, Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Danfeng Zhang

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Abstract

In this work, we introduce the Fluid framework, a set of language, compiler and runtime extensions that allow for the expression of regions within which dataflow dependencies can be approximated in a disciplined manner. Our framework allows the eager execution of dependent tasks before their inputs have finalized in order to capitalize on situations where an eagerly-consumed input has a high probability of sufficiently resembling the value or structure of the final value that would have been produced in a conservative/precise execution schedule. We introduce controlled access to the early consumption of intermediate values and provide hooks for user-specified quality assurance mechanisms that can automatically enforce re-execution of eagerly-executed tasks if their output values do not meet heuristic expectations. Our experimental analysis indicates that the fluidized versions of the applications bring 22.2% average execution time improvements, over their original counterparts, under the default values of our fluidization parameters. The Fluid approach is largely orthogonal to approaches that aim to reduce the task effort itself and we show that utilizing the Fluid framework can yield benefits for both originally precise and originally approximate versions of computation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPLDI 2021 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation
EditorsStephen N. Freund, Eran Yahav
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages252-267
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781450383912
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 18 2021
Event42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Canada
Duration: Jun 20 2021Jun 25 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI)

Conference

Conference42nd ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, PLDI 2021
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVirtual, Online
Period6/20/216/25/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software

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