DistributedMalloc

Yet another malloc working on distributed systems. (Big Malloc)

Usage

In a build directory:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
mpirun --hostfile ../hostfile dmalloc [DOTFILE]

In project directory:

cmake .
make
mpirun --hostfile hostfile dmalloc [DOTFILE]

The run.sh script execute mpirun on build/dmalloc, takes 1 argument for number of nodes, default is 20.

Tooltips

• How to display a graph

  sudo apt install xdot
  xdot GRAPH_NAME.dot

Todo

• New features
• Byzantine
• Snap

Command Line of dmalloc

dmalloc commands:

Command	Desc.
h	display all available commands with their description
t	show table of allocations
m size	return address to cmd user of the required allocation
f address	free address, Warning if already free
w address datasize data	write at the address the data of size datasize
w address file	write all content of file at address
w address file datasize	write datasize bytes from file to the address
r address datasize	read datasize bytes at address
r address file	read all bytes of the block at address into file
r address file datasize	read datasize bytes at address into file
d address	dump in as text all data of the block stored in address
d net	dump all allocation
kill node_id	kill node refered by id
revive node_id	revive id

Important structs/classes

• Node
• Message
  • id_s (source)
  • id_t (target)
  • id_o (final target for operation or additional information)
  • need_callback (does this message require an ALIVE callback)
  • size
  • address
  • enum Op
    • OK
    • MALLOC
    • FREE
    • WRITE
    • READ
    • SNAP
    • LEADER
    • WHOISLEADER
    • (REVIVE)
    • (DIE)
    • (TEST)
    • NONE
    • DUMP
    • LEADER_OK (leader election is over + a success)
    • ALIVE (callback, proving its aliveness)
    • LEADER_AGAIN (supposed leader is dead, need to retart the election)
• Block
  • Linked list of:
    • address
    • size
    • id (the machine containing this address)

Node Life Cycles (OUTDATED)!

Node Leader Elections

Node Leader Cycle

Node Cycle