Automatic installation of software-based fault tolerance algorithms in programs generated by GCC compiler

The problem of designing radiation-tolerant devices working in application critical systems becomes very important especially if human life depends on the reliability of control mechanisms. One of the possible solution of this problem are pure software protection methods. They constitute different category of techniques to detect transient faults and correct corresponding errors. Software fault tolerance schemes are cheaper to implement since they can be used with standard, commercial of-the-shelf (COTS) components. Additionally, they do not require any hardware modification. In this paper, author propose a new implementation mechanism for software based fault protection algorithms performed automatically during application compilation.