Eliminating garbage collection for embedded real-time software

Nader Mohamed; Jameela Al-Jaroodi

Eliminating garbage collection for embedded real-time software

Nader Mohamed, Jameela Al-Jaroodi

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Abstract

One of the problems with Java for real-time and embedded real-time systems is the unpredictable behavior of garbage collection (GC). GC introduces unexpected load and causes undesirable delays for real-time applications. In this paper, we propose a technique that reduces and bounds the memory requirements for real-time and embedded Java programs. This technique eliminates the need for GC and allows for a more deterministic execution behavior and efficient utilization of the available memory. A number of benchmark tests are used to evaluate this technique in PERC, NewMonics' real-time JVM, and Sun's JVM. The results show that GC can be eliminated and an application's execution time decreases and becomes more deterministic. In addition, we briefly introduce a framework to automate the technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05
Pages	10-16
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: Jun 27 2005 → Jun 30 2005

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Name	Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05

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Other	2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	6/27/05 → 6/30/05

Keywords

Applications
Embedded real-time
Garbage collection
Java

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Hardware and Architecture
Control and Systems Engineering

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Eliminating garbage collection for embedded real-time software. / Mohamed, Nader; Al-Jaroodi, Jameela.
Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05. 2005. p. 10-16 (Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05).

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Mohamed, N & Al-Jaroodi, J 2005, Eliminating garbage collection for embedded real-time software. in Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05. Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05, pp. 10-16, 2005 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, ESA'05, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 6/27/05.

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