Memory buffer management on hardware devices utilizing distributed decentralized memory buffer monitoring

An organizer processing role of a computer hardware device that performs steps of:

• receiving, from an allocator, a buffer pointer indicating that input data is stored at a target memory buffer of a pool of memory buffers;
• determining, based on the input data, an initial number of processing roles needed to process the input data, wherein the initial number of processing roles is determined to not be a total number of processing roles needed to process the input data;
• generating a first augmented buffer pointer that comprises the buffer pointer, a buffer pointer cloning indicator, and a null role number value indicating that the total number of processing roles is initially unknown;
• providing the first augmented buffer pointer to a plurality of consumer processing roles;
• providing the initial number of processing roles indicating the initial number of processing roles needed to process the input data to a first consumer processing role of the plurality of consumer processing roles, wherein the initial number of processing roles causes the first consumer processing role to:
• determine an additional number of processing roles needed to process the input data;
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• generate the total number of processing roles by combining the initial number of processing roles with the additional number of processing roles;
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• providing a deallocation request for the target memory buffer after reading the input data from the target memory buffer.

A decentralized buffer monitor of a computer hardware device that performs steps of:

• receiving a first augmented buffer pointer that comprises a buffer pointer to a memory buffer of a pool of memory buffers, a buffer pointer cloning indicator that indicates when the buffer pointer is cloned to multiple processing roles, and a null role number value indicating an unknown number of processing roles needed to process incoming data stored in the memory buffer;
• receiving a second augmented buffer pointer that comprises the buffer pointer, the buffer pointer cloning indicator, and a total role number value indicating a total number of processing roles needed to process the incoming data stored in the memory buffer;
• based on receiving a first deallocation request from an organizer processing role, updating a deallocation number for the memory buffer;
• based on receiving a second deallocation request from a consumer processing role, updating the deallocation number for the memory buffer;
• determining that the deallocation number for the memory buffer matches the total role number value of the second augmented buffer pointer;
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• based on determining a match, providing a deallocation indicator to deallocate the memory buffer.