Heterogeneous checkpointing for multithreaded applications

We present the first heterogeneous checkpointing scheme for applications using POSIX threads. The scheme relies on source code instrumentation to achieve heterogeneity. It supports various types of synchronization primitives, such as locks, semaphores, condition variables, and join operations. Unlik...

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Published in:21st IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, 2002. Proceedings pp. 140 - 149
Main Authors: Karablieh, F., Bazzi, R.A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Piscataway NJ IEEE 2002
Subjects:
Algorithmics. Computability. Computer arithmetics
Application software
Applied sciences
Checkpointing
Computer science
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
Hardware
Instruments
Knowledge management
Linux
Multithreading
Testing
Theoretical computing
Yarn
Kernel function
Multithread
Rollback recovery
Matrix calculus
Model checking
UNIX system
Synchronization
ISBN:0769516599, 9780769516592
ISSN:1060-9857
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Summary:We present the first heterogeneous checkpointing scheme for applications using POSIX threads. The scheme relies on source code instrumentation to achieve heterogeneity. It supports various types of synchronization primitives, such as locks, semaphores, condition variables, and join operations. Unlike other non-heterogeneous checkpointing schemes proposed in the literature, our scheme supports both kernel-level and application-level threads executing as part of the same application under various scheduling policies. Also, unlike other non-heterogeneous checkpointing mechanisms proposed in the literature, our solution does not interfere with the semantics of the application and does not use signals. Test results on various hardware platforms running Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT show that the overhead of our scheme is low.
ISBN:0769516599
9780769516592
ISSN:1060-9857
DOI:10.1109/RELDIS.2002.1180182