A model for monitoring and debugging parallel and distributed software

Author

Marinescu, Dan C. ; Lumpp, James E., Jr. ; Casavant, Thomas L. ; Siegel, Howard Jay

Author_Institution

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

20-22 Sep 1989

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

88

Abstract

Several aspects of the multidimensional problem of providing monitoring support for the debugging and performance analysis of distributed and parallel systems and parallel applications are presented. The key elements of the solution to the problem are a formal event-action model at the process level and a layered architectural model. The application of the event-action model to the development of the abstract layered architectural model is shown, as well as a proposed implementation sketch of a nonintrusive monitor for the PASM parallel processing system

Keywords

parallel programming; program debugging; program testing; PASM; abstract layered architectural model; debugging; distributed software; layered architectural model; model; monitoring; multidimensional problem; parallel software; performance analysis; Application software; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Hardware; Instruments; Parallel processing; Probes; Software debugging; Timing; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1989. COMPSAC 89., Proceedings of the 13th Annual International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1964-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.1989.65061

Filename

65061