Low latency remoting to accelerators

A method comprising:

• receiving, on a first computing system acting as an initiator, a first function call from a caller, the first function call to be executed by an accelerator on a second computing system acting as a target, the first computing system coupled to the second computing system by a network;
• determining a type of the first function call;
• generating a list of parameter values of the first function call;
• sending a first message including a name of the first function call, the list of parameter values of the first function call, and one or more new entries for a symbol table, the one or more new entries representing pseudo-output parameter values, to the second computing system;
• and
• when the type of the first function call is an asynchronously callable function without output dependencies, returning control to the caller;
• when the type of the first function call is an asynchronously callable function with substitutable output parameters, assigning newly created symbols to output parameters and returning control to the caller;
• and when the type of the first function call is a synchronous function, blocking the caller until a response to the first message is received from the second computing system.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

• receive, on a first computing system acting as an initiator, a first function call from a caller, the first function call to be executed by an accelerator on a second computing system as a target, the first computing system coupled to the second computing system by a network;
• determine a type of the first function call;
• generate a list of parameter values of the first function call;
• send a first message including a name of the first function call, the list of parameter values of the first function call, and one or more new entries for a symbol table, the one or more new entries representing pseudo-output parameters values, to the second computing system;
• and
• when the type of the first function call is an asynchronously callable function without output dependencies, return control to the caller;
• when the type of the first function call is an asynchronously callable function with substitutable output parameters, assign newly created symbols to output parameters and return control to the caller;
• and when the type of the first function call is a synchronous function, block the caller until a response to the first message is received from the second computing system.

A system comprising:

• a first computing system acting as an initiator;
• and
• a second computing system acting as a target, the second computing coupled to the first computing system by a network, the second computing system including an accelerator;
• wherein the first computing system is to receive a function call from a caller;
• determine a type of the function call;
• generate a list of parameter values of the function call;
• send a first message including a name of the function call, the list of parameter values of the function call, and one or more new entries for a symbol table, the one or more new entries representing pseudo-output parameters values, to the second computing system;
• and when the type of the function call is an asynchronously callable function without output dependencies, return control to the caller;
• when the type of the function call is an asynchronously callable function with substitutable output parameters, assign newly created symbols to output parameters and return control to the caller;
• and when the type of the function call is a synchronous function, block the caller until a response to the first message is received from the second computing system;
• and
• wherein the second computing system is to receive the first message;
• add the one or more new entries from the first message into the symbol table;
• for each input parameter value in the list of parameter values of the function call, if there is a corresponding symbol table index, substitute a symbol table entry associated with the corresponding symbol table index for a pseudo-output parameter value;
• execute the function by the accelerator using the input parameter values;
• when the type of the function call is the asynchronously callable function with substitutable output parameters, for each output parameter in the list of parameter values, map a pseudo-output parameter value from the list of parameter values of the function call to a corresponding output value in the symbol table;
• and send a second message including the name of the function call and a list of output parameter values to the first computing system.