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Title: | A robustness testing campaign for IMA-SP partitioning kernels |
Authors: | Grixti, Stephen Lopez Trecastro, Jorge Sammut, Nicholas Zammit-Mangion, David |
Keywords: | Application program interfaces (Computer software) Soft errors (Computer science) Reliability (Engineering) -- Computer programs |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | European Space Agency |
Citation: | Grixti, S., Lopez Trecastro, J., Sammut, N., & Zammit-Mangion, D. (2015). A robustness testing campaign for IMA-SP partitioning kernels. ESASP, 732, 17. |
Abstract: | With time and space partitioned architectures becoming increasingly appealing to the European space sector, the dependability of partitioning kernel technology is a key factor to its applicability in European Space Agency projects. This paper explores the potential of the data type fault model, which injects faults through the Application Program Interface, in partitioning kernel robustness testing. This fault injection methodology has been tailored to investigate its relevance in uncovering vulnerabilities within partitioning kernels and potentially contributing towards fault removal campaigns within this domain. This is demonstrated through a robustness testing case study of the XtratuM partitioning kernel for SPARC LEON3 processors. The robustness campaign exposed a number of vulnerabilities in XtratuM, exhibiting the potential benefits of using such a methodology for the robustness assessment of partitioning kernels. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58967 |
ISSN: | 03796566 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacICTMN |
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