Fast concurrent array-based stacks, queues and deques using fetch-and-increment-bounded, fetch-and-decrement-bounded and store-on-twin synchronization primitives

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12564535

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Implementation primitives for concurrent array-based stacks, queues, double-ended queues (deques) and wrapped deques are provided. In one aspect, each element of the stack, queue, deque or wrapped deque data structure has its own ticket lock, allowing multiple threads to concurrently use multiple elements of the data structure and thus achieving high performance. In another aspect, new synchronization primitives FetchAndIncrementBounded (Counter, Bound) and FetchAndDecrementBounded (Counter, Bound) are implemented. These primitives can be implemented in hardware and thus promise a very fast throughput for queues, stacks and double-ended queues.

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Chen, Dong Yorktown Heights, US 502 4921
Gara, Alana Yorktown Heights, US 1 16
Heidelberger, Philip Yorktown Heights, US 119 3389
Kumar, Sameer White Plains, US 47 1171
Ohmacht, Martin Yorktown Heights, US 81 2235
Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard Boeblingen, DE 68 1149
Wisniewski, Robert Yorktown Heights, US 32 660

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