Multi-core System Programming and Cache Management

In a multi-core system, resource and cache management is very important since potential resource and cache contention may cause unexpected behaviors such as crashes and performance degradation. The following links provide good references:

• TI Multicore Programming Guide
• TI DaVinci and OMAP Multi-core System Cache Management; Very good guidance for DM6467 / DM8168 and OMAP system.
• Multicore Resource Management
• Achieving Predictable Performance with On-Chip Shared L2 Caches for Manycore-Based Real-Time Systems
• Operating System-Level On-Chip Resource Management in The Multicore Era
• Dynamic Cache Contention Detection in Multi-threaded Applications