Add LP-based blocking analysis for MPCP

6 files changed, 734 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/native/Makefile b/native/Makefile
index d722fcd..2df9893 100644
--- a/native/Makefile
+++ b/native/Makefile
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ ALL = testmain _sched.so _locking.so _sim.so
 
 # Compile LP-based code only if we have a solver.
 ifneq ($(CPLEX_PATH)$(GLPK_PATH),)
-LP_OBJ    = lp_common.o io.o lp_dflp.o lp_dpcp.o
+LP_OBJ    = lp_common.o io.o lp_dflp.o lp_dpcp.o lp_mpcp.o
 
 ifneq ($(CPLEX_PATH),)
 LP_OBJ   += cplex.o cpx.o
@@ -159,5 +159,5 @@ _locking.so: ${SYNC_OBJ} interface/locking_wrap.o
 _sim.so: ${CORE_OBJ} ${SCHED_OBJ} interface/sim_wrap.o
         $(CXX) $(SOFLAGS) $(PYTHON_LIB) -o $@ $+ $(LDFLAGS)
 
-_lp_analysis.so: ${LP_OBJ} sharedres.o cpu_time.o interface/lp_analysis_wrap.o
+_lp_analysis.so: ${LP_OBJ} sharedres.o mpcp.o cpu_time.o interface/lp_analysis_wrap.o
         $(CXX) $(SOFLAGS) $(PYTHON_LIB) -o $@ $+ $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/native/include/lp_analysis.h b/native/include/lp_analysis.h
index c33be61..182eff1 100644
--- a/native/include/lp_analysis.h
+++ b/native/include/lp_analysis.h
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ extern BlockingBounds* lp_dpcp_bounds(const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
 extern BlockingBounds* lp_dflp_bounds(const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
                             const ResourceLocality& locality);
 
+extern BlockingBounds* lp_mpcp_bounds(const ResourceSharingInfo& info);
+
 #endif /* LP_ANALYSYS_H_ */
diff --git a/native/include/lp_common.h b/native/include/lp_common.h
index 06c5e78..b459664 100644
--- a/native/include/lp_common.h
+++ b/native/include/lp_common.h
@@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ void add_topology_constraints_shm(
         const TaskInfo& ti,
         LinearProgram& lp);
 
+void add_local_lower_priority_constraints_shm(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp);
+
+void add_local_higher_priority_constraints_shm(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp);
+
 // A generic for loop that iterates 'request_index_variable' from 0 to the
 // maximum number of requests issued by task tx while ti is pending. 'tx_request'
 // should be of type RequestBound&.
@@ -169,6 +181,16 @@ void add_topology_constraints_shm(
         foreach(tasks, task_iter)                               \
         if (task_iter->get_cluster() != (local_task).get_cluster())
 
+// iterate only over tasks with equal or lower priority, excluding local tasks
+#define foreach_remote_lowereq_priority_task(tasks, reference_task, task_iter) \
+        foreach_remote_task(tasks, reference_task, task_iter)                      \
+        if (task_iter->get_priority() >= (reference_task).get_priority())
+
+// iterate only over tasks with higher priority, excluding local tasks
+#define foreach_remote_higher_priority_task(tasks, reference_task, task_iter) \
+        foreach_remote_task(tasks, reference_task, task_iter)              \
+        if (task_iter->get_priority() < (reference_task).get_priority())
+
 #define foreach_local_task(tasks, local_task, task_iter)        \
         foreach(tasks, task_iter)                               \
         if (task_iter->get_cluster() == (local_task).get_cluster())
diff --git a/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_common.cpp b/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_common.cpp
index a7bb1b5..1715d3b 100644
--- a/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_common.cpp
+++ b/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_common.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ void add_local_lower_priority_constraints(
 }
 
 
+// Constraint 10 in [Brandenburg 2013]
 // For shared-memory protocols.
 // Remote tasks cannot preempt Ti since they are not scheduled
 // on Ti's assigned task; therefore force BLOCKING_PREEMPT to zero.
@@ -261,3 +262,110 @@ void add_topology_constraints_shm(
         }
         lp.add_equality(exp, 0);
 }
+
+// Constraint 9 in [Brandenburg 2013]
+// local higher-priority tasks never cause blocking under SHM protocols
+void add_local_higher_priority_constraints_shm(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+
+        foreach_local_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                if (tx->get_priority() < ti.get_priority())
+                {
+                        unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                        foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                                foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                                {
+                                        unsigned int var_id;
+                                        var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                             BLOCKING_PREEMPT);
+                                        exp->add_var(var_id);
+
+                                        var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                             BLOCKING_INDIRECT);
+                                        exp->add_var(var_id);
+
+                                        var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                             BLOCKING_DIRECT);
+                                        exp->add_var(var_id);
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+        lp.add_equality(exp, 0);
+}
+
+static unsigned int max_num_arrivals_shm(
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti)
+{
+        hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned int> request_counts;
+
+        foreach(ti.get_requests(), req)
+                request_counts[req->get_resource_id()] = 0;
+
+        // count how often each resource is accessed on remote cores
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), req)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = req->get_resource_id();
+                        if (request_counts.find(q) != request_counts.end())
+                                request_counts[q] += req->get_max_num_requests(ti.get_response());
+                }
+        }
+
+        // initialize to 1 to account for job release
+        unsigned int total = 1;
+
+        foreach(ti.get_requests(), req)
+                total += std::min(request_counts[req->get_resource_id()],
+                                  req->get_num_requests());
+
+        return total;
+}
+
+// Constraint 11 in [Brandenburg 2013]
+// Local lower-priority tasks block at most once each time
+// that Ti suspends (and once after release).
+void add_local_lower_priority_constraints_shm(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        unsigned int num_arrivals = max_num_arrivals_shm(info, ti);
+
+        foreach_local_lowereq_priority_task_except(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+                unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int var_id;
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                     BLOCKING_PREEMPT);
+                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                     BLOCKING_INDIRECT);
+                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v,
+                                                     BLOCKING_DIRECT);
+                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+                        }
+                }
+                lp.add_equality(exp, num_arrivals);
+        }
+}
diff --git a/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_mpcp.cpp b/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_mpcp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bccea5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/src/blocking/linprog/lp_mpcp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,589 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <set>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "lp_common.h"
+#include "blocking.h"
+#include "stl-hashmap.h"
+
+#include "cpu_time.h"
+
+#include "mpcp.h"
+
+#define NO_BOUND (-1)
+
+typedef hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned int> PerResourceCounts;
+typedef hashmap<unsigned int, hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned int> > PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound;
+typedef hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned int> PerTaskIndirectBlockingBound;
+
+class GcsResponseTimes
+{
+private:
+        // per each task, and per each global critical section (gcs),
+        // the maximum wait time bound
+        hashmap< unsigned long, hashmap< unsigned int, long> > remote_delay;
+
+        hashmap< unsigned long, hashmap< unsigned int, unsigned long> > gcs_response;
+
+        const ResourceSharingInfo &info;
+        const MPCPCeilings &prio_ceilings;
+
+        long bound_remote_delay(const TaskInfo &tsk,
+                                unsigned int res_id);
+
+        void bound_gcs_response_times(void);
+
+
+public:
+        GcsResponseTimes(const ResourceSharingInfo &i,
+                         const MPCPCeilings &pc)
+                         : info(i), prio_ceilings(pc)
+        {
+                bound_gcs_response_times();
+        }
+
+
+        long get_max_remote_delay(const TaskInfo &ti, unsigned int res_id)
+        {
+                if (remote_delay.find(ti.get_id()) == remote_delay.end())
+                        remote_delay[ti.get_id()] = hashmap<unsigned int, long>();
+
+                hashmap<unsigned int, long> &tmap = remote_delay[ti.get_id()];
+
+                if (tmap.find(res_id) == tmap.end())
+                        tmap[res_id] = bound_remote_delay(ti, res_id);
+
+                return tmap[res_id];
+        }
+
+        long get_gcs_response(const TaskInfo &ti, unsigned int res_id)
+        {
+                // look up the task
+                if (gcs_response.find(ti.get_id()) == gcs_response.end())
+                        return NO_BOUND;
+
+                hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned long> &tmap = gcs_response[ti.get_id()];
+
+                // look up the resource
+                if (tmap.find(res_id) == tmap.end())
+                        return NO_BOUND;
+
+                return tmap[res_id];
+        }
+};
+
+
+void GcsResponseTimes::bound_gcs_response_times()
+{
+        Clusters clusters;
+        split_by_cluster(info, clusters);
+
+        ClusterResponseTimes responses;
+        determine_gcs_response_times(clusters, prio_ceilings, responses);
+
+        for (unsigned int c = 0; c < clusters.size(); c++)
+        {
+                const Cluster &cluster = clusters[c];
+                const TaskResponseTimes &tasks_response_times = responses[c];
+
+                for (unsigned int i = 0; i < cluster.size(); i++)
+                {
+                        const TaskInfo *ti      = cluster[i];
+                        const ResponseTimes &ri = tasks_response_times[i];
+
+                        gcs_response[ti->get_id()] = hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned long>();
+                        hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned long> &response = gcs_response[ti->get_id()];
+
+                        for (unsigned int r = 0; r < ti->get_requests().size(); r++)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int q = ti->get_requests()[r].get_resource_id();
+                                response[q] = ri[r];
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+// This function computes an upper bound on remote blocking using response-time analysis.
+// This corresponds to Equation (3) in LNR:09.
+long GcsResponseTimes::bound_remote_delay(const TaskInfo &ti, unsigned int res_id)
+{
+        unsigned long delay_by_lower = 0, delay_by_equal = 0, delay_by_higher = 0;
+
+        // find maximum lower-priority request span that can block directly
+        foreach_lowereq_priority_task_except(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        if (q == res_id)
+                        {
+                                unsigned long resp = get_gcs_response(*tx, q);
+
+                                if (tx->get_priority() > ti.get_priority())
+                                        delay_by_lower = std::max(delay_by_lower,
+                                                                  resp);
+                                else
+                                        delay_by_equal += resp;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        // response-time analysis to find final maximum wait time
+
+        unsigned long next_estimate = delay_by_lower + delay_by_equal;
+        unsigned long estimate = 0;
+
+        while (next_estimate <= ti.get_response() && next_estimate != estimate)
+        {
+                delay_by_higher = 0;
+                estimate = next_estimate;
+
+                // accumulate direct higher-priority blocking
+                foreach_higher_priority_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+                {
+                        foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+
+                                if (res_id == q)
+                                {
+                                        unsigned int nreqs = request->get_max_num_requests(estimate);
+                                        delay_by_higher += nreqs * get_gcs_response(*tx, q);
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+
+                next_estimate = delay_by_lower + delay_by_equal + delay_by_higher;
+        }
+
+        if (estimate <= ti.get_response())
+                return estimate;
+        else
+                return NO_BOUND;
+}
+
+static unsigned int count_gcs_preemption_opportunities(
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const RequestBound &req,
+        PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound &db_bounds,
+        const MPCPCeilings &prio_ceilings,
+        const TaskInfo& ti)
+{
+        unsigned int count = 0;
+        const TaskInfo &tr = *req.get_task();
+        unsigned int req_prio = prio_ceilings[req.get_task()->get_cluster()][req.get_resource_id()];
+
+        // Count everything that can be preempted by 'req' and that
+        // is also potentially blocking ti.
+
+        foreach_local_task(info.get_tasks(), tr, tx)
+        {
+                if (tx->get_id() != tr.get_id() &&
+                    tx->get_id() != ti.get_id())
+                {
+                        foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                                if (q != req.get_resource_id() &&
+                                    db_bounds[tx->get_id()][q] > 0)
+                                {
+                                        // request can directly block Ti
+                                        unsigned int xprio = prio_ceilings[tx->get_cluster()][q];
+
+                                        if (xprio >= req_prio)
+                                        {
+                                                // indirect delay is possible
+                                                // each time that Ti is directly blocked by 'request'.
+                                                // This kind of blocking is possible
+                                                count += db_bounds[tx->get_id()][q];
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        return count;
+}
+
+// Constraint 18
+static void add_per_request_indirect_constraints(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound &db_bounds,
+        const MPCPCeilings &prio_ceilings,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        PerTaskIndirectBlockingBound bounds;
+
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+                        foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int var_id;
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_INDIRECT);
+                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+                        }
+                        unsigned int bound = count_gcs_preemption_opportunities(
+                                info, *request, db_bounds, prio_ceilings, ti);
+                        lp.add_inequality(exp, bound);
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+// Constraint 17
+static void add_per_task_indirect_constraints(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound &db_bounds,
+        const MPCPCeilings &prio_ceilings,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        PerTaskIndirectBlockingBound bounds;
+
+        // initialize
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                bounds[tx->get_id()] = 0;
+        }
+
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        if (db_bounds[tx->get_id()][q] > 0)
+                        {
+                                // note for each local task an opportunity to cause indirect delay
+
+                                unsigned int prio = prio_ceilings[tx->get_cluster()][request->get_resource_id()];
+                                foreach_local_task_except(info.get_tasks(), *tx, tl)
+                                {
+                                        // see if it has anything to preempt us with
+                                        foreach(tl->get_requests(), lreq)
+                                        {
+                                                if (prio_ceilings[tl->get_cluster()][lreq->get_resource_id()] <= prio)
+                                                {
+                                                        // yes, has one, count opportunity per direct blocking
+                                                        bounds[tl->get_id()] += db_bounds[tx->get_id()][q];
+                                                        break;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int var_id;
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_INDIRECT);
+                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+                        }
+                }
+                lp.add_inequality(exp, bounds[t]);
+        }
+}
+
+static PerResourceCounts get_per_resource_counts(const TaskInfo &ti)
+{
+        // Count the number of times that each resource is accessed by ti.
+        PerResourceCounts per_resource_counts;
+        foreach(ti.get_requests(), req)
+                per_resource_counts[req->get_resource_id()] += req->get_num_requests();
+
+        return per_resource_counts;
+}
+
+// Constraints 15, 16, and 19
+static void add_direct_blocking_constraints(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        GcsResponseTimes &rta,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        PerResourceCounts &per_resource_counts,
+        LinearProgram& lp,
+        PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound &db_bounds)
+{
+        // Each request can be directly delayed at most once by a lower-priority task
+        // accessing the same resource.
+        // Ti is never directly delayed due to resources it does not request,
+        // regardless of the priority of the lock holder.
+
+        // build one constraint for each resource.
+        hashmap<unsigned int, LinearExpression *> constraints;
+
+        foreach_task_except(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                // Is Tx a higher-priority task?
+                bool hiprio = tx->get_priority() < ti.get_priority();
+
+                db_bounds[t] = hashmap<unsigned int, unsigned int>();
+
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        bool accessed = per_resource_counts.find(q) !=
+                                        per_resource_counts.end();
+
+                        db_bounds[t][q] = 0;
+
+                        if (!hiprio || !accessed)
+                        {
+                                LinearExpression *exp;
+
+                                if (constraints.find(q) == constraints.end())
+                                        constraints[q] = new LinearExpression();
+
+                                exp = constraints[q];
+
+                                foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                                {
+                                        unsigned int var_id;
+                                        var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_DIRECT);
+                                        exp->add_var(var_id);
+                                }
+
+                                if (accessed)
+                                        // loprio => direct blocking at most once per request
+                                        db_bounds[t][q] = std::min(
+                                                request->get_max_num_requests(ti.get_response()),
+                                                per_resource_counts[q]);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                                // higher-priority request, conflicting
+                                // how many blocking instances per request?
+                                long interval = rta.get_max_remote_delay(ti, q);
+                                if (interval != NO_BOUND)
+                                {
+                                        // can add constraints
+                                        unsigned int request_count;
+                                        // max per request?
+                                        request_count = request->get_max_num_requests(interval);
+                                        // how many requests?
+                                        request_count *= per_resource_counts[q];
+                                        // add constraint for this task
+
+                                        db_bounds[t][q] = std::min(
+                                                request->get_max_num_requests(ti.get_response()),
+                                                request_count);
+
+                                        LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+                                        foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                                        {
+                                                unsigned int var_id;
+                                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_DIRECT);
+                                                exp->add_var(var_id);
+                                        }
+                                        lp.add_inequality(exp, request_count);
+                                }
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        // add each per-resource constraint
+        foreach(constraints, it)
+        {
+                unsigned int bound = 0;
+                if (per_resource_counts.find(it->first) !=
+                    per_resource_counts.end())
+                        bound = per_resource_counts[it->first];
+                lp.add_inequality(it->second, bound);
+        }
+}
+
+// Constraint 20
+static void add_remote_blocking_constraint(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        GcsResponseTimes &rta,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        unsigned long remote_blocking_bound = 0;
+
+        // sum up maximum remote blocking on a per-request basis
+        foreach(ti.get_requests(), req)
+        {
+                unsigned int num = req->get_num_requests();
+                unsigned int q   = req->get_resource_id();
+                unsigned long rem_blocking = rta.get_max_remote_delay(ti, q);
+                remote_blocking_bound += rem_blocking * num;
+        }
+
+        LinearExpression *exp = new LinearExpression();
+
+        foreach_remote_task(info.get_tasks(), ti, tx)
+        {
+                unsigned int t = tx->get_id();
+                foreach(tx->get_requests(), request)
+                {
+                        unsigned int q = request->get_resource_id();
+                        double length = request->get_request_length();;
+
+                        foreach_request_instance(*request, ti, v)
+                        {
+                                unsigned int var_id;
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_DIRECT);
+                                exp->add_term(length, var_id);
+
+                                var_id = vars.lookup(t, q, v, BLOCKING_INDIRECT);
+                                exp->add_term(length, var_id);
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
+        lp.add_inequality(exp, remote_blocking_bound);
+}
+
+static void add_mpcp_constraints(
+        VarMapper& vars,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const TaskInfo& ti,
+        const MPCPCeilings& prio_ceilings,
+        GcsResponseTimes &gcs_response,
+        LinearProgram& lp)
+{
+        PerResourceCounts counts = get_per_resource_counts(ti);
+        PerTaskPerRequestDirectBlockingBound db_bounds;
+
+        // Constraint  1
+        add_mutex_constraints(vars, info, ti, lp);
+        // Constraint  9
+        add_local_higher_priority_constraints_shm(vars, info, ti, lp);
+        // Constraint 10
+        add_topology_constraints_shm(vars, info, ti, lp);
+        // Constraint 11
+        add_local_lower_priority_constraints_shm(vars, info, ti, lp);
+        // Constraints 15, 16, and 19
+        add_direct_blocking_constraints(vars, info, gcs_response, ti, counts, lp, db_bounds);
+        // Constraint 17
+        add_per_task_indirect_constraints(vars, info, db_bounds, prio_ceilings, ti, lp);
+        // Constraint 18
+        add_per_request_indirect_constraints(vars, info, db_bounds, prio_ceilings, ti, lp);
+        // Constraint 20
+        add_remote_blocking_constraint(vars, info, gcs_response, ti, lp);
+}
+
+static void apply_mpcp_bounds_for_task(
+        unsigned int i,
+        BlockingBounds& bounds,
+        const ResourceSharingInfo& info,
+        const MPCPCeilings& prio_ceilings,
+        GcsResponseTimes &gcs_response)
+{
+        LinearProgram lp;
+        VarMapper vars;
+        const TaskInfo& ti = info.get_tasks()[i];
+        LinearExpression *local_obj = new LinearExpression();
+        LinearExpression *remote_obj = new LinearExpression();
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 2
+        static DEFINE_CPU_CLOCK(model_gen_cost);
+        static DEFINE_CPU_CLOCK(solver_cost);
+        static DEFINE_CPU_CLOCK(remote_cost);
+
+        std::cout << "---- " << __FUNCTION__ << " ----" << std::endl;
+
+        model_gen_cost.start();
+#endif
+
+        set_blocking_objective_part_shm(vars, info, ti, lp, local_obj, remote_obj);
+        vars.seal();
+
+        add_mpcp_constraints(vars, info, ti,
+                             prio_ceilings,
+                             gcs_response, lp);
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 2
+        model_gen_cost.stop();
+        std::cout << model_gen_cost << std::endl;
+        solver_cost.start();
+#endif
+
+        Solution *sol = linprog_solve(lp, vars.get_num_vars());
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 2
+        solver_cost.stop();
+        std::cout << solver_cost << std::endl;
+#endif
+        assert(sol != NULL);
+
+        Interference total, remote, local;
+
+        total.total_length = sol->evaluate(*lp.get_objective());
+        local.total_length = sol->evaluate(*local_obj);
+
+        bounds[i] = total;
+        bounds.set_local_blocking(i, local);
+
+        delete local_obj;
+        delete sol;
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 2
+        remote_cost.start();
+#endif
+
+        // compute remote blocking maximum
+        lp.set_objective(remote_obj);
+        sol = linprog_solve(lp, vars.get_num_vars());
+
+        assert(sol != NULL);
+
+        remote.total_length = sol->evaluate(*lp.get_objective());
+        bounds.set_remote_blocking(i, remote);
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 2
+        remote_cost.stop();
+        std::cout << remote_cost << std::endl;
+#endif
+        delete sol;
+}
+
+
+static BlockingBounds* _lp_mpcp_bounds(const ResourceSharingInfo& info)
+{
+        BlockingBounds* results = new BlockingBounds(info);
+
+        MPCPCeilings prio_ceilings = get_mpcp_ceilings(info);
+        GcsResponseTimes gcs_response = GcsResponseTimes(info, prio_ceilings);
+
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < info.get_tasks().size(); i++)
+                apply_mpcp_bounds_for_task(i, *results, info, prio_ceilings, gcs_response);
+
+        return results;
+}
+
+BlockingBounds* lp_mpcp_bounds(const ResourceSharingInfo& info)
+{
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 1
+        static DEFINE_CPU_CLOCK(cpu_costs);
+
+        cpu_costs.start();
+#endif
+
+        BlockingBounds *results = _lp_mpcp_bounds(info);
+
+#if DEBUG_LP_OVERHEADS >= 1
+        cpu_costs.stop();
+        std::cout << cpu_costs << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+        return results;
+}
diff --git a/schedcat/locking/bounds.py b/schedcat/locking/bounds.py
index b2093a9..dc20241 100644
--- a/schedcat/locking/bounds.py
+++ b/schedcat/locking/bounds.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def apply_mpcp_bounds(all_tasks, use_virtual_spin=False):
             t.suspended = res.get_remote_blocking(i)
             # all blocking, including arrival blocking
             t.blocked   = res.get_blocking_term(i)
+            t.locally_blocked = res.get_local_blocking(i)
 
 def get_round_robin_resource_mapping(num_resources, num_cpus,
                                      dedicated_irq=cpp.NO_CPU):
@@ -223,3 +224,13 @@ def apply_lp_dpcp_bounds(all_tasks, resource_mapping,
             t.suspended = res.get_remote_blocking(i)
             t.blocked   = res.get_blocking_term(i)
 
+def apply_lp_mpcp_bounds(all_tasks):
+    model = get_cpp_model(all_tasks)
+    res = lp_cpp.lp_mpcp_bounds(model)
+
+    for i,t in enumerate(all_tasks):
+        # remote blocking <=> self-suspension time
+        t.suspended = res.get_remote_blocking(i)
+        # all blocking, including local blocking
+        t.blocked   = res.get_blocking_term(i)
+        t.locally_blocked = res.get_local_blocking(i)