Latency mitigation for inter-process communication

Abstract

This disclosure describes techniques for latency mitigation during inter-process communication based on pre-allocating and managing shared memory. During the startup phase (e.g., prior to run-time), processes of vehicle computing systems may request to engage in communication with other processes within the vehicle computing system. Based on the request, a memory manager may determine an amount of shared memory to pre-allocate. In such examples, the amount of shared memory may be determined based on a maximum number of messages that may be 'in-flight' at any single instance during run-time, and a maximum size of a message. The memory manager may pre-allocate shared memory consistent with the determined amount, and transmit a key to the requesting process. In such examples, the key may enable the process to access the pre-allocated shared memory. After the startup phase has ended, the process may read and/or write messages to and from the shared memory.