A design tool for fault tolerant software

Author

Clematis, Andrea ; Dodero, Gabriella ; Gianuzzi, Vittoria

Author_Institution

Istituto Matematica Applicata, CNR, Genova, Italy

fYear

1990

fDate

8-10 May 1990

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

137

Abstract

The features and the implementation of the Recovery Meta Program, a mechanism for backward error recovery in concurrent and distributed application programs, are described. The Recovery Meta Program executes in a specific software layer that is distinct from the application and kernel layers; its implementation is described as an extension of XMDS (cross multimicro development system). The interfacing of the three software layers is illustrated by some examples of the implementation of techniques for software fault tolerance

Keywords

fault tolerant computing; parallel programming; software reliability; system recovery; Recovery Meta Program; XMDS; backward error recovery; cross multimicro development system; design tool; distributed application programs; fault tolerant software; interfacing; software fault tolerance; specific software layer; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Kernel; Programming environments; Programming profession; Software tools; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '90. Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Software Engineering

Conference_Location

Tel-Aviv

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2041-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1990.113618

Filename

113618