CLASSIFICATION (8) Positioning

• Criterion #8: Positioning (P).

  • Instructions to implement the consistency maintenance algorithm can be positioned at various places in the program.

• Classes:

  • Entry/exit of the critical region (e) as in [SMITH85,TARTA92]
  • Loop boundary (b) as in [VEIDE86, CHEON89]
  • Source/sink of the data dependency (d) as in [CYTRO88]
  • Interrupt procedure (i) as in [CHERI86]

• Comment:

  • This criterion considers only the special instructions for consistency maintenance (invalidate, flush, post, or similar)