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Method of system for detecting abnormal interleavings in concurrent programs

US8862942B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2011
Grant dateOct 14, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3632
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for detecting abnormal interleavings in a multi-threaded program includes generating an execution log in response to execution of the multi-threaded program. Based on the execution log, a list of allowable immediate interleavings is generated if the execution of the multi-threaded program resulted in no concurrency errors and a list of suspicious immediate interleavings is generated if the execution of the multi-threaded program resulted in one or more concurrency errors. The first and second lists are compared to generate a list of error-causing immediate interleavings. A replayable core is then generated and executed based on the list of error-causing immediate interleavings.

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