An efficient adaptive software-implemented technique to detect control-flow errors in multi-core architectures

Maghsoudloo, Mohammad; Zarandi, Hamid R.; Khoshavi, Navid

doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2012.03.033

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“…In the CFCME method, three instructions are added to each BB: (i) Check, (ii) Update, and (iii) Exit, the functions and the locations of which are similar to the corresponding instructions in the SCFC method. The CFCME delivers better an Evaluation Factor (EF) parameter in comparison with the other well-known software-based methods for multitask processing environments (CFCSS [ 17 ], ECCA [ 25 ], CEDA [ 27 ], and [ 28 ] method).…”

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“…These transient faults that are also called soft errors are in turn converted to CFEs and data errors. For the management of soft errors, many methods have been proposed since the 1980s [ 11 – 28 ].…”

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“…The SEU changes the state of microelectronic devices such as semiconductor memories and processor registers, due to heavy ions and electromagnetic radiations. With the recent reductions in the size of transistors in manufacturing process, the impact of radiation on microelectronic modules has become more prominent [ 11 – 28 ], that caused a higher rate of SEU occurrence.…”

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An Investigation into Soft Error Detection Efficiency at Operating System Level

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Electronic equipment operating in harsh environments such as space is subjected to a range of threats. The most important of these is radiation that gives rise to permanent and transient errors on microelectronic components. The occurrence rate of transient errors is significantly more than permanent errors. The transient errors, or soft errors, emerge in two formats: control flow errors (CFEs) and data errors. Valuable research results have already appeared in literature at hardware and software levels for their alleviation. However, there is the basic assumption behind these works that the operating system is reliable and the focus is on other system levels. In this paper, we investigate the effects of soft errors on the operating system components and compare their vulnerability with that of application level components. Results show that soft errors in operating system components affect both operating system and application level components. Therefore, by providing endurance to operating system level components against soft errors, both operating system and application level components gain tolerance.

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