• DocumentCode
    3548557
  • Title

    A new approach to control flow checking without program modification

  • Author

    Michel, T. ; Leveugle, R. ; Saucier, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Nat. Polytech. de Grenoble, France
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    25-27 June 1991
  • Firstpage
    334
  • Lastpage
    341
  • Abstract
    An approach to concurrent control flow checking that avoids performance and software compatibility problems while preserving a high error coverage and a low detection latency is proposed. The approach is called watchdog direct processing. Extensions of the basic method, taking into account the characteristics of complex processors, are also considered. The architecture of a watchdog processor based on the proposed method is described. Implementation results are reported for a watchdog designed for the Intel 80386sx microprocessor.<>
  • Keywords
    fault tolerant computing; parallel programming; Intel 80386sx microprocessor; concurrent control flow checking; detection latency; error coverage; watchdog direct processing; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer architecture; Costs; Delay; Hardware; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Software performance; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fault-Tolerant Computing, 1991. FTCS-21. Digest of Papers., Twenty-First International Symposium
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2150-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FTCS.1991.146682
  • Filename
    146682