A system architecture for fault tolerance in concurrent software

Author

Ancona, Massimo ; Dodero, Gabriella ; Gianuzzi, Vittoria ; Clematis, Andrea ; Fernandez, Eduardo B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math., Genova Univ., Italy

Volume

23

Issue

10

fYear

1990

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

32

Abstract

A system architecture called the recovery metaprogram (RMP) is proposed. It separates the application from the recovery software, giving programmers a single environment that lets them use the most appropriate fault-tolerance scheme. To simplify the presentation of the RMP approach, it is assumed that the fault model is limited to faults originating in the application software, and that the hardware and kernel layers can mask their own faults from the RMP. Also, relationships between backward and forward error recovery are not considered. Some RMP examples are given, and a particular RMP implementation is described.<>

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; parallel programming; application software; concurrent software; error recovery; fault tolerance; kernel layers; recovery metaprogram; system architecture; Application software; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Councils; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Kernel; Process control; Programming profession; Redundancy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.58234

Filename

58234