Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems
Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014.
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| author | Tchwella, Tal |
| author2 | Martin C. Rinard and Stelios Sidiroglou-Douskos. |
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| description | Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/918782019-04-09T18:24:41Z Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems Fault injection tool for large scale computer systems Tchwella, Tal Martin C. Rinard and Stelios Sidiroglou-Douskos. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109). In this thesis, I designed and implemented a fault injection tool, to study the impact of soft errors for large scale systems. Fault injection is used as a mechanism to simulate soft errors, measure the output variability and provide analysis of the impact of soft errors on the program. The underlying framework for the tool is based on LLFI, a LLVM fault injection tool, which I modified to support an end-to-end scenario for program testing purposes. The modifications and addition provide greater modularity of the tool by abstracting the input and output of the different components of the tool, support multiple fault scenarios and models, and supply an extensive visualizations framework. I evaluated the effectiveness of the new tool based on a set of benchmark programs as well as showcased the impact of soft errors on programs. The results demonstrate that while the sensitivity of instructions is program dependent, certain instruction opcodes are generally more sensitive than others, such as binary and memory operations, however well placed protection mechanisms can decrease the sensitivity of those instructions. by Tal Tchwella. M. Eng. 2014-11-24T18:42:03Z 2014-11-24T18:42:03Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91878 894488029 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 109 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Tchwella, Tal Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title | Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title_full | Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title_fullStr | Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title_short | Fault prophet : a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| title_sort | fault prophet a fault injection tool for large scale computer systems |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91878 |
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